Schuylkill Valley MS

Set in Leesport, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill Valley MS is a middle-of-the-pack junior high, run under Schuylkill Valley SD. It enrolls 691 students across grades 5 through 8.

Schuylkill Valley SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 2,123 students; Schuylkill Valley MS is among them.

In terms of who attends, Schuylkill Valley MS records that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Schuylkill Valley MS reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Berks County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Schuylkill Valley MS is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.0%; Schuylkill Valley MS posts 43.5%, -17.5 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Berks County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,777 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Schuylkill Valley MS is one of 95 public schools in Berks County (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students).

Nearest neighbor: Schuylkill Valley El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Schuylkill Valley MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.8%.

Schuylkill Valley MS operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Schuylkill Valley MS's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 691 (now 691). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 85% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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