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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Saucon Valley MS administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
599
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUCON VALLEY SD·NCES 421173007274
Saucon Valley MS
2095 Polk Valley Rd, Hellertown, PA 18055 · (610) 838-7001 · Northampton County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
184 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Saucon Valley MS→Saucon Valley SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Saucon Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.4pp 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 49 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
599
-94 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.0:1
% White
76%
was 84%
% Hispanic
15%
was 8%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Saucon Valley MS
Saucon Valley MS, a reasonably sized junior high in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Saucon Valley SD, educates 599 students, covering grades 5 through 8.
Across the 3 schools in Saucon Valley SD (1,853 students total), Saucon Valley MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Saucon Valley MS logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, On paper, Saucon Valley MS has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Northampton County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Saucon Valley MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.4%, the actual is 58.7%, a residual of -5.8 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Northampton County shows median household earnings sit near $89,184, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Saucon Valley MS is one of 60 public schools in Northampton County (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students).
The closest other public school is Saucon Valley El Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Saucon Valley MS. On composite proficiency, Saucon Valley MS comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saucon Valley MS has contracted 14%, going from 693 students in 2018 to 599 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 76% across the same window.
On allk12, the feed for Saucon Valley MS typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saucon Valley SD
- Saucon Valley El SchElementary · 627 students
- Saucon Valley SHSHigh · 627 students
Other schools in Hellertown
- Saucon Valley El SchElementary · 627 students
- Saucon Valley SHSHigh · 627 students
Nearby schools
- Saucon Valley El Sch0.0 mi · 627
- Saucon Valley SHS0.2 mi · 627
- Donegan El Sch3.1 mi · 467
- Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts3.6 mi · 550
- Broughal MS3.7 mi · 520
- Freemansburg El Sch3.9 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Saucon Valley MSHow many students attend Saucon Valley MS?
Saucon Valley MS enrolls approximately 599 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Saucon Valley MS serve?
Saucon Valley MS serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Saucon Valley MS?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Saucon Valley MS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Saucon Valley MS?
At Saucon Valley MS, the student body is approximately 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Saucon Valley MS in?
Saucon Valley MS is part of Saucon Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.