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Spring Forge Intrd Sch
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Spring Forge Intrd Sch
Located at 100 South Hartman Street, in Manchester, Pennsylvania, Spring Forge Intrd Sch is a cozy middle school that hosts 477 students (grades 4 through 6), run under Northeastern York SD.
Northeastern York SD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,971 students; Spring Forge Intrd Sch is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Spring Forge Intrd Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Spring Forge Intrd Sch has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Spring Forge Intrd Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Spring Forge Intrd Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.7%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (York County) shows that median household earnings sit near $84,829, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across York County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), Spring Forge Intrd Sch is one campus in the mix.
Northeastern SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring Forge Intrd Sch at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.8%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring Forge Intrd Sch has rose 4%, going from 458 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 81% to 67%.
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