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How has Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
672
Middle
DISTRICT 882 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING-FORD AREA SD·NCES 422256000836
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center
700 Washington Street, Royersford, PA 19468 · (610) 705-6002 · Montgomery County
GRADES 08–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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
13.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
109 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 8 | 672 | 100% |
Student demographics
56%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 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
70.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.9% | 43.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 MS 8th Grade Center
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center this school | 672 | 16.2% | 63.9% |
| Radnor Middle School Wayne | 808 | 14.1% | 83.0% |
| Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center Royersford | 666 | 22.1% | 69.9% |
| Skyview Upper Elementary School Eagleville | 695 | 20.4% | 62.5% |
| Bala-Cynwyd Middle School Bala Cynwyd | 794 | 15.1% | 80.2% |
| Arcola Intrmd School Eagleville | 692 | 20.8% | 58.1% |
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 MS 8th Grade Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #77 of 479 | #12 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #107 of 513 ▲ 68 | #16 of 33 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #65 of 513 ▲ 25 | #10 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #185 of 522 | #25 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #267 of 486 | #23 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #119 of 486 | #18 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #479 of 510 | #31 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #117 of 131 | #10 of 11 |
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
672
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
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 | 672 | 51 | 13.2:1 | 16% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 51 | 12.0:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 51 | 12.6:1 | 20% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 50 | 12.8:1 | 18% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 48 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 47 | 13.6:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 7% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (662 to 672); teachers up 6% (48 to 51).
About Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center
Students in Royersford, Pennsylvania, attend Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center, a medium-sized middle school. The school had 672 students in grade 8 in 2024-25.
Spring-Ford Area SD, which runs Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center, has 11 schools and 8,046 students.
At 63%, White students outnumber all other groups at Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center combined. Smaller groups are 17% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Black. County-wide, 73% of Montgomery County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Teacher staffing is 51 full-time equivalents, or about 13.2 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 16%. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 70.7% for a school in Pennsylvania with Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center's free or reduced-price lunch share. Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center posts 63.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Montgomery County, median household income is about $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Montgomery County number 160 and enroll about 115,302.
The closest public school, Royersford Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles from Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center had 641 students in 2020-21 and 672 in 2024-25, a 5% rise.
The Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Intrmd School 5th/6thMiddle · 1,307 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 Intrmd School 5th/6thMiddle · 1,307 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
- Royersford Elementary School0.3 mi · 398
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center0.4 mi · 2,629
- Brooke Elementary School0.7 mi · 379
- Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th0.9 mi · 1,307
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center0.9 mi · 666
- Upper Providence Elementary School1.1 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade CenterHow large is Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center?
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 08-08.
What grades does Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center serve?
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center serves grades 08-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center is approximately 13.2:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center?
Student demographics at Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center are roughly 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 17% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center public or private?
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spring-Ford Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.