Pottsgrove MS

Set in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Pottsgrove MS is a middle-of-the-pack middle school, operated by Pottsgrove SD. It enrolls 678 students across grades 6 through 8.

Pottsgrove SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,932 students; Pottsgrove MS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Pottsgrove MS shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Black, 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pottsgrove MS has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Pottsgrove MS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pottsgrove MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of +6.4 points.

In the area at large, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Pottsgrove MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin El Sch, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pottsgrove MS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 737 students in 2018 compared to 678 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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