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Enrollment
1,307
Middle
DISTRICT 882 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING-FORD AREA SD·NCES 422256003365
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th
833 South Lewis Road, Royersford, PA 19468 · (610) 705-6003 · Montgomery County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,307 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- ATest 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
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
268 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 650 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 657 | 50% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th→Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center→Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center→Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Spring-Ford Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
64.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 69 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 down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.5% | 65.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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%.
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 Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th this school | 1,307 | 20.5% | 67.6% |
| Wissahickon Middle School Ambler | 1,208 | 22.7% | 67.6% |
| J R Fugett Middle School West Chester | 930 | 22.4% | 53.8% |
| Downingtown Middle School Downingtown | 1,074 | 15.9% | 61.8% |
| Radnor Middle School Wayne | 808 | 14.1% | 83.0% |
| Bala-Cynwyd Middle School Bala Cynwyd | 794 | 15.1% | 80.2% |
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 Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #51 of 479 | #8 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #38 of 513 ▼ 13 | #7 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #80 of 513 ▼ 14 | #12 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,307 | #13 of 522 | #3 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #340 of 486 | #30 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #108 of 486 | #17 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.5% | #459 of 510 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #331 of 332 | #21 of 21 |
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
1,307
+101 (+8%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 810
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 1,307 | 93 | 14.1:1 | 21% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 1,288 | 95 | 13.6:1 | 21% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 1,278 | 95 | 13.4:1 | 19% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 1,206 | 94 | 12.8:1 | 16% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 1,309 | 93.1 | 14.1:1 | 18% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 1,272 | 94 | 13.5:1 | 17% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 1,256 | 87 | 14.4:1 | 8% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 856 | 62 | 13.8:1 | 10% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 810 | 60 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,309 to 1,307); teachers unchanged (93.1 to 93).
About Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th is a large middle school in Spring-Ford Area SD, located in Royersford, Pennsylvania. The school counts 1,307 students across grades 5 through 6. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
Enrollment across the 11 schools in Spring-Ford Area SD totals 8,046 students.
By race and ethnicity, Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th is 62% White. It is also 17% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Montgomery County is roughly 73% White. Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 93 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.1:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 21%. That rate is below the 40% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
The allk12 Grade for Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th is -1.2 points: 67.6% actual, 68.8% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 160 public schools operate in Montgomery County, serving about 115,302 students.
Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th is 7th among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,307 was 8% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 1,206. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.1:1) than in 2020-21 (12.8:1).
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spring-Ford Area SD
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 CenterHigh · 2,629 students
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 672 students
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade CenterMiddle · 666 students
- Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Upper Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
Other schools in Royersford
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 CenterHigh · 2,629 students
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 672 students
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade CenterMiddle · 666 students
- Upper Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Royersford Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Brooke Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
Nearby schools
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center0.0 mi · 666
- Upper Providence Elementary School0.2 mi · 435
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center0.6 mi · 2,629
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center0.9 mi · 672
- Royersford Elementary School1.1 mi · 398
- Brooke Elementary School1.3 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6thHow large is Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th?
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th enrolls approximately 1,307 students in grades 05-06.
Is Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th have?
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th employs 93 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th?
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th reports a student body of 62% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th?
Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th is overseen by Spring-Ford Area SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.