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Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr
Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr is one of the sprawling 9-12 campuss in Royersford, Pennsylvania, overseen by Spring-Ford Area SD, with 2,629 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr sits 256% larger than that benchmark.
Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr is one of 11 schools operated by Spring-Ford Area SD, a district that works with 8,046 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr shows 185 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.2%, the actual is 74.8%, a residual of +6.6 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr is one.
Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 71.2%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr has expanded 3%, going from 2,553 students in 2018 to 2,629 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 81% to 68%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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