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Skyview Upper Elementary School
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 355 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 340 | 49% |
School pathway
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 56.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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%.
Schools most like Skyview Upper Elementary School
Skyview Upper Elementary School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyview Upper Elementary School this school | 695 | 20.4% | 62.5% |
| Arcola Intrmd School Eagleville | 692 | 20.8% | 58.1% |
| Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center Royersford | 666 | 22.1% | 69.9% |
| J R Fugett Middle School West Chester | 930 | 22.4% | 53.8% |
| Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center Royersford | 672 | 16.2% | 63.9% |
| Bala-Cynwyd Middle School Bala Cynwyd | 794 | 15.1% | 80.2% |
Where Skyview Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #87 of 479 | #14 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #37 of 513 ▲ 26 | #6 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #106 of 513 ▲ 57 | #15 of 33 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #173 of 522 | #20 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #204 of 486 | #18 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #142 of 486 | #22 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #460 of 510 | #26 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #238 of 332 | #14 of 21 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 695 | 55.4 | 12.6:1 | 20% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 713 | 55.4 | 12.9:1 | 20% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 54.4 | 12.2:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 56 | 13.0:1 | 15% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 57.9 | 12.8:1 | 12% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 801 | 60 | 13.3:1 | 14% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 7% (60) |
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (742 to 695); teachers down 4% (57.9 to 55.4).
About Skyview Upper Elementary School
Federal records list Skyview Upper Elementary School as a middle school in Eagleville, Pennsylvania. The school runs grades 5 through 6 and enrolls 695 students.
A total of 7 schools make up Methacton SD, with 4,581 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at Skyview Upper Elementary School is White: 66%. Other groups include 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. The diversity index for Skyview Upper Elementary School is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The school has 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. Federal data show 20% of students (142) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Montgomery County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
Skyview Upper Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Skyview Upper Elementary School scores 62.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 68.8%.
In Montgomery County, home to about 867,573 people, median household income comes to about $113,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Skyview Upper Elementary School shares Montgomery County with 159 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Arcola Intrmd School, is the closest to Skyview Upper Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 62.5% is above the 59.1% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 727 (2020-21) to 695 (2024-25).
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