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What's one thing Pottstown MS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
918
Middle
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSTOWN SD·NCES 421968003346
Pottstown Middle School
600 N Franklin St, Pottstown, PA 19464 · (610) 970-6665 · Montgomery County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL918 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 9% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.2:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
903 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 5 | 263 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 208 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 25% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Pottstown Middle School→Pottstown High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pottstown SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.4% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 10.5% |
% 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Pottstown Middle School
Pottstown Middle School's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottstown Middle School this school | 918 | 98.4% | 19.1% |
| Pocono Mountain West Junior High School Pocono Summit | 697 | 97.7% | 34.3% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School Erie | 769 | 96.1% | 18.0% |
| Gateway Middle School Monroeville | 1,017 | 99.6% | 47.6% |
| Founders Hall Middle School McKeesport | 642 | 99.1% | 15.4% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School Levittown | 754 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
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 Pottstown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #451 of 479 | #32 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #444 of 513 ▲ 23 | #32 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #464 of 513 ▲ 18 | #32 of 33 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 918 | #67 of 522 | #10 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #172 of 486 | #17 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #8 of 486 | #2 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #106 of 510 | #5 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #306 of 332 | #19 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
918
-54 (-6%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 918 | 75.4 | 12.2:1 | 98% (903) |
| 2023-24 | 902 | 74.9 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 71.9 | 12.7:1 | 100% (914) |
| 2020-21 | 972 | 68 | 14.3:1 | 100% (969) |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 69.4 | 13.5:1 | 100% (935) |
| 2015-16 | 907 | 66 | 13.7:1 | 100% (907) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 58 | 10.4:1 | 69% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 50 | 9.7:1 | 48% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 49 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pottstown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (935 to 918); teachers up 9% (69.4 to 75.4).
About Pottstown Middle School
As a large middle-grades school, Pottstown Middle School serves students in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The school has 918 students in 2024-25 across grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students, which makes this school 55% bigger than average.
Pottstown Middle School is part of a district of 6 schools: Pottstown SD, with 3,205 students.
Of every 100 students at Pottstown Middle School, about 36 are Black, the largest group. The remaining students are 28% White, 21% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 9% Black. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Pottstown Middle School are from different groups.
Pottstown Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1, with 75.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 98% at Pottstown Middle School. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 40%.
Pottstown Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Pottstown Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.1%, compared with a predicted 35.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that the median household earns about $113,915 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Montgomery County has 160 public schools with about 115,302 students, including Pottstown Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, Pottstown High School is about 0.2 miles from Pottstown Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 19.1% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 972 to 918. The school's ratio dropped from 14.3:1 to 12.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Pottstown SD
- Pottstown High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Rupert Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Barth Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
Other schools in Pottstown
- Owen J Roberts High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Pottsgrove SHSHigh · 973 students
- Pottstown High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Owen J Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Pottsgrove Middle SchoolMiddle · 678 students
- Lower Pottsgrove Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Pottstown High School0.2 mi · 911
- Lincoln Elementary School0.5 mi · 322
- Franklin Elementary School0.6 mi · 354
- Pottsgrove SHS1.2 mi · 973
- Rupert Elementary School1.2 mi · 379
- Pottsgrove Middle School1.3 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Pottstown Middle SchoolHow large is Pottstown Middle School?
Pottstown Middle School enrolls approximately 918 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Pottstown Middle School serve?
Pottstown Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Pottstown Middle School have?
Pottstown Middle School employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is Pottstown Middle School?
Pottstown Middle School reports a student body of 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Pottstown Middle School in?
Pottstown Middle School is part of Pottstown SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.