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Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr operates as a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Royersford, Pennsylvania, operated by Spring-Ford Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 672 students spanning grade 8.
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr is one of 11 schools operated by Spring-Ford Area SD, a district that educates 8,046 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 17% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.7%, the actual is 63.9%, a residual of -6.8 points.
Around the school, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students).
The closest other public school is Royersford El Sch, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 72.6%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 672). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 79% to 63%.
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