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Enrollment
691
Middle
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHUYLKILL VALLEY SD·NCES 422097006888
Schuylkill Valley Middle School
114 Ontelaunee Dr, Leesport, PA 19533 · (610) 926-7111 · Berks County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test 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
15.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
267 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 164 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 181 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 174 | 25% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Schuylkill Valley Middle School→Schuylkill Valley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Schuylkill Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.1pp since 2023
Math
27.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 27.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 32.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Schuylkill Valley Middle School
Schuylkill Valley Middle School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schuylkill Valley Middle School this school | 691 | 38.6% | 43.5% |
| Strayer Middle School Quakertown | 737 | 37.3% | 40.6% |
| Manheim Central Middle School Manheim | 846 | 38.3% | 46.1% |
| Spring Grove Area Middle School Spring Grove | 650 | 40.8% | 47.3% |
| Spring Grove Area Intrmd School Spring Grove | 608 | 38.5% | 51.3% |
| Upper Perkiomen Middle School Pennsburg | 672 | 35.0% | 52.8% |
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 Schuylkill Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #306 of 479 | #15 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #358 of 513 ▼ 55 | #16 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #300 of 513 ▼ 68 | #11 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #177 of 522 | #11 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #440 of 486 | #23 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #257 of 486 | #15 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #347 of 510 | #20 of 26 |
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
691
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
+160% since 1990-91, when it was 266
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 691 | 43.6 | 15.8:1 | 39% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 44.4 | 15.7:1 | 38% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 40.2 | 16.7:1 | 31% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 35% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 33% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 31% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 42 | 14.5:1 | 22% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 7% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 266 | 18 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schuylkill Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (691 to 691); teachers up 6% (41 to 43.6).
About Schuylkill Valley Middle School
Schuylkill Valley Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Leesport, Pennsylvania. The school has 691 students in 2024-25 across grades 5 through 8.
Schuylkill Valley Middle School is run by Schuylkill Valley SD, whose 3 schools enroll 2,123 students.
The share of White students at Schuylkill Valley Middle School is 77%, a majority. It is also 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
The school lists 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, 13.2:1, is lower. A total of 267 students, or 39%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Berks County is 67%.
Schuylkill Valley Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
In Pennsylvania, Schuylkill Valley Middle School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.5% compared with a predicted 61.0%.
The school's county is Berks County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Berks County number 95, with about 62,375 students.
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Schuylkill Valley Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Schuylkill Valley Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment figures show a rise of 25 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Schuylkill Valley SD
- Schuylkill Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Schuylkill Valley High SchoolHigh · 688 students
Other schools in Leesport
- Schuylkill Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Schuylkill Valley High SchoolHigh · 688 students
- Berks Career and Technology Center-West CampusHigh · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Schuylkill Valley Elementary School0.2 mi · 744
- Schuylkill Valley High School0.3 mi · 688
- Andrew Maier Elementary School3.2 mi · 245
- Muhlenberg High School3.8 mi · 1,166
- Muhlenberg El Center3.8 mi · 1,241
- Perry Elementary School3.9 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Schuylkill Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Schuylkill Valley Middle School?
Schuylkill Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 691 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Schuylkill Valley Middle School serve?
Schuylkill Valley Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Schuylkill Valley Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Schuylkill Valley Middle School is approximately 15.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Schuylkill Valley Middle School?
Student demographics at Schuylkill Valley Middle School are roughly 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Schuylkill Valley Middle School public or private?
Schuylkill Valley Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Schuylkill Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.