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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERKIOMEN VALLEY SD·NCES 421893000796
Perkiomen Valley MS-West
200 Big Road, Zieglerville, PA 19492 · (484) 977-7210 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
145 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 156 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 171 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 36% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Perkiomen Valley MS-West→Perkiomen Valley High School
Based on grade levels within Perkiomen Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 45.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Perkiomen Valley MS-West
Perkiomen Valley MS-West's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perkiomen Valley MS-West this school | 509 | 28.5% | 58.0% |
| Donald H Eichhorn Middle School Lewisburg | 438 | 26.9% | 70.4% |
| Pennridge Central Middle School Perkasie | 456 | 25.7% | 54.5% |
| Haine Middle School Cranberry Twp | 522 | 24.7% | 66.5% |
| Cecil Intrmd School Mc Donald | 412 | 29.4% | 66.3% |
| North Strabane Intrmd School Canonsburg | 415 | 32.3% | 69.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Perkiomen Valley MS-West ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #124 of 479 | #18 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #194 of 513 ▼ 43 | #24 of 33 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #105 of 513 ▼ 32 | #14 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #299 of 522 | #33 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #44 of 486 | #6 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #289 of 486 | #32 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #419 of 510 | #16 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #84 of 332 | #5 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
509
-79 (-13%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 509 | 47.7 | 10.7:1 | 28% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 45.9 | 11.0:1 | 29% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 46.1 | 12.1:1 | 24% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 22% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 47.6 | 12.8:1 | 21% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 48 | 13.3:1 | 11% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perkiomen Valley MS-West.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (610 to 509); teachers unchanged (47.6 to 47.7).
About Perkiomen Valley MS-West
Perkiomen Valley MS-West is a medium-sized middle school in Zieglerville, Pennsylvania. School enrollment was 509 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8.
Perkiomen Valley SD enrolls 4,672 students, and its 7 schools include Perkiomen Valley MS-West.
White students are the large majority at Perkiomen Valley MS-West, with 80% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By the diversity index, Perkiomen Valley MS-West comes in at 34%.
The count of teachers at Perkiomen Valley MS-West is 47.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.7:1. Among middle schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. The school counts 145 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 28%. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Perkiomen Valley MS-West receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.4% at Perkiomen Valley MS-West; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Montgomery County, median household income is about $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Perkiomen Valley MS-West is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 115,302 students.
The next-closest public school is Schwenksville Elementary School, about 2.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Perkiomen Valley MS-West's average proficiency of 58.0% compares with 71.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Perkiomen Valley MS-West is Rural: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 588 in 2020-21 and 509 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.4:1 to 10.7:1.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perkiomen Valley SD
- Perkiomen Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,616 students
- Perkiomen Valley MS-EastMiddle · 592 students
- Skippack Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Schwenksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- South Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Schwenksville Elementary School2.6 mi · 474
- Western Montgomery Career and Technology Center2.9 mi · 5
- Evans Elementary School3.3 mi · 546
- New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary School3.5 mi · 606
- Salford Hills Elementary School3.8 mi · 449
- Limerick Elementary School4.0 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Perkiomen Valley MS-WestWhat is the total enrollment at Perkiomen Valley MS-West?
Perkiomen Valley MS-West enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Perkiomen Valley MS-West serve?
Perkiomen Valley MS-West serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Perkiomen Valley MS-West?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Perkiomen Valley MS-West.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Perkiomen Valley MS-West?
At Perkiomen Valley MS-West, the student body is approximately 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Perkiomen Valley MS-West?
Perkiomen Valley MS-West is overseen by Perkiomen Valley SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.