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What's the biggest difference between Phoenixville Area MS and what you expected?
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Enrollment
963
Middle
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHOENIXVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421905001425
Phoenixville Area Middle School
1000 Purple Pride Parkway, Phoenixville, PA 19460 · (484) 927-5200 · Chester County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL963 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.4:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
318 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 308 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 336 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 318 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Phoenixville Area Middle School→Phoenixville Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Phoenixville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.6pp since 2023
Math
40.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 41.6% |
% 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Phoenixville Area Middle School
Phoenixville Area Middle School's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenixville Area Middle School this school | 963 | 33.0% | 55.2% |
| Wilson West Middle School Sinking Spring | 780 | 33.2% | 55.2% |
| Lower Macungie Middle School Macungie | 1,041 | 40.7% | 56.2% |
| Avon Grove Middle School West Grove | 1,131 | 31.2% | 59.2% |
| Orefield Middle School Orefield | 1,034 | 34.5% | 59.6% |
| Keith Valley Middle School Horsham | 966 | 39.5% | 55.8% |
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 Phoenixville Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #151 of 479 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #214 of 513 ▼ 24 | #13 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #145 of 513 ▼ 57 | #13 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 963 | #60 of 522 | #8 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #188 of 486 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #127 of 486 | #11 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #390 of 510 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #84 of 131 | #3 of 7 |
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
963
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 963 | 77.9 | 12.4:1 | 33% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 945 | 75.3 | 12.6:1 | 34% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 937 | 73.9 | 12.7:1 | 32% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 954 | 69 | 13.8:1 | 28% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 915 | 71.4 | 12.8:1 | 27% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 889 | 63 | 14.1:1 | 26% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 67 | 11.2:1 | 23% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 61 | 12.3:1 | 15% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 54 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phoenixville Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (915 to 963); teachers up 9% (71.4 to 77.9).
About Phoenixville Area Middle School
Located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Phoenixville Area Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 963 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
Within Phoenixville Area SD, Phoenixville Area Middle School is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 3,966 students.
White students make up a majority at Phoenixville Area Middle School, at 63%. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. That is lower than the 77% White share among all Chester County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 77.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Phoenixville Area Middle School was 12.4:1. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 33%.
Phoenixville Area Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.5% for Phoenixville Area Middle School. The school posts 55.2%, 8.3 points below the prediction.
Across Chester County, the median household income is $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chester County is home to 111 public schools and about 83,468 public school students.
The closest public school, Phoenixville Early Learning Center, is less than a tenth of a mile from Phoenixville Area Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Phoenixville Area Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's size has been steady, with 954 students in 2020-21 and 963 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.8:1 to 12.4:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Chester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,840
Census ACS
Median income
$127,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
83,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Phoenixville Area SD
- Phoenixville Area High SchoolHigh · 1,194 students
- Phoenixville Early Learning CenterElementary · 613 students
- Manavon Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
- Schuylkill Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Barkley Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
Other schools in Phoenixville
- Renaissance Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,199 students
- Phoenixville Area High SchoolHigh · 1,194 students
- Phoenixville Early Learning CenterElementary · 613 students
- Manavon Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
- Schuylkill Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Barkley Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Phoenixville Early Learning Center0.1 mi · 613
- Manavon Elementary School0.1 mi · 497
- Phoenixville Area High School0.2 mi · 1,194
- Barkley Elementary School0.6 mi · 281
- Schuylkill Elementary School0.8 mi · 418
- Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering0.9 mi · 79
Frequently asked questions
About Phoenixville Area Middle SchoolHow large is Phoenixville Area Middle School?
Phoenixville Area Middle School enrolls approximately 963 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Phoenixville Area Middle School serve?
Phoenixville Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Phoenixville Area Middle School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Phoenixville Area Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Phoenixville Area Middle School?
At Phoenixville Area Middle School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Phoenixville Area Middle School?
Phoenixville Area Middle School is overseen by Phoenixville Area SD in Chester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.