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Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th
Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th is a sizable middle-grades school in Royersford, Pennsylvania, run under Spring-Ford Area SD. The school serves 1,307 students in grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th sits 120% larger than that benchmark.
Spring-Ford Area SD runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 8,046 students. Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.8%; this one delivers 67.6%.
In the broader community, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th is one campus in the mix.
Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.7%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring-Ford Intrmd Sch 5th/6th has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,309 students in 2018 to 1,307 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 62% across the same window.
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