Pottstown MS

Pottstown MS operates as a well-populated middle-grades school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Pottstown SD. Current enrollment sits at 918 students spanning grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 55% bigger than typical.

Across the 6 schools in Pottstown SD (3,205 students total), Pottstown MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Pottstown MS reports that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pottstown MS has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pottstown MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pottstown MS is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students).

Pottstown HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pottstown MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pottstown MS at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Pottstown MS's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 935 (now 918). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 15% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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