Enrollment
359
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTER-UPLAND SD·NCES 420586007510
Toby Farms Intermediate School
201 Bridgewater Road, Chester Twp, PA 19045 · (610) 447-3815 · Delaware County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
10.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
314 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 6 | 115 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 127 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 33% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Toby Farms Intermediate School→Chester High School
Based on grade levels within Chester-Upland SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
9.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
2.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.3% | 2.6% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | 1.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-32.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Toby Farms Intermediate School
Toby Farms Intermediate School's state test result (7.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Farms Intermediate School this school | 359 | 87.5% | 7.2% |
| Penn Wood Middle School Darby | 667 | 95.2% | 17.5% |
| Amy Nw Philadelphia | 150 | 89.3% | 37.0% |
| Tilden William T Middle School Philadelphia | 266 | 98.9% | 8.4% |
| Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 Pittsburgh | 179 | 97.8% | 19.3% |
| Dickson Prep STEAM Academy Swissvale | 579 | 80.3% | 19.9% |
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 Toby Farms Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #476 of 479 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.6% | #502 of 513 ▲ 6 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #510 of 513 ▼ 4 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #394 of 522 | #14 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #32 of 486 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #343 of 486 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #158 of 510 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #54 of 332 | #1 of 9 |
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
359
+33 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 359 | 35 | 10.3:1 | 87% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 35 | 9.0:1 | 100% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 27 | 11.1:1 | 100% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 31 | 10.5:1 | 99% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 95% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 100% (487) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Toby Farms Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (456 to 359); teachers down 5% (37 to 35).
About Toby Farms Intermediate School
In Chester Twp, Pennsylvania, Toby Farms Intermediate School is a small middle school. It had 359 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 4 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have about 594 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
Chester-Upland SD counts 3,039 students in its 7 schools, and Toby Farms Intermediate School is one of them.
Black students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Delaware County, the Black share is about 22%. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Toby Farms Intermediate School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Toby Farms Intermediate School, there are about 10.3 students; the school has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, 13.2:1, is higher. There are 314 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 87% of enrollment. Among public schools in Delaware County, the average eligibility rate is 58%.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Toby Farms Intermediate School outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Toby Farms Intermediate School are 32.9 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 7.2%, compared with a predicted 40.1%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Delaware County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $89,546 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Delaware County number 113, with about 74,663 students.
Main Street School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Toby Farms Intermediate School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Toby Farms Intermediate School ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Toby Farms Intermediate School 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 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% rise, from 326 to 359.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chester-Upland SD
- Chester High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- STEM at ShowalterHigh · 477 students
- Edgmont Scholars AcademyElementary · 422 students
- Chester Upland School of ArtsElementary · 384 students
- Main Street SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Stetser Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Main Street School0.5 mi · 340
- Parkside Elementary School1.0 mi · 252
- STEM at Showalter1.1 mi · 477
- Coebourn Elementary School1.1 mi · 319
- Northley Middle School1.1 mi · 748
- Sun Valley High School1.3 mi · 1,042
Frequently asked questions
About Toby Farms Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Toby Farms Intermediate School?
Toby Farms Intermediate School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades 04-08.
Is Toby Farms Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Toby Farms Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
How many teachers does Toby Farms Intermediate School have?
Toby Farms Intermediate School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Toby Farms Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Toby Farms Intermediate School are roughly 1% White, 11% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Toby Farms Intermediate School public or private?
Toby Farms Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chester-Upland SD.
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