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Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 239 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 263 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 290 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 264 | 25% |
School pathway
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 69.4% |
| 2023-24 | 82.2% | 70.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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%.
Schools most like Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School
Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School this school | 1,056 | 9.4% | 76.0% |
| Lionville Middle School Exton | 1,045 | 13.7% | 63.8% |
| Valley Forge Middle School Wayne | 1,186 | 8.2% | 75.7% |
| Marshall Middle School Wexford | 847 | 6.3% | 74.2% |
| South Fayette Middle School McDonald | 859 | 14.1% | 76.6% |
| Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center Downingtown | 1,066 | 15.2% | 66.2% |
Where Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #13 of 479 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #19 of 513 ▼ 7 | #2 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #21 of 513 ▼ 6 | #2 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,056 | #41 of 522 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #313 of 486 | #17 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #92 of 486 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.4% | #502 of 510 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #199 of 332 | #8 of 11 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,056 | 76.9 | 13.7:1 | 9% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 1,088 | 76.3 | 14.3:1 | 9% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 1,081 | 76.8 | 14.1:1 | 7% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 1,098 | 78 | 14.1:1 | 7% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 1,157 | 80.1 | 14.4:1 | 8% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 1,073 | 70 | 15.3:1 | 8% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 1,039 | 69 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 851 | 57 | 14.9:1 | 2% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 54 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,157 to 1,056); teachers down 4% (80.1 to 76.9).
About Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School
Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School is a large middle school in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 19312). Its 1,056 students are spread across grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
The 8 schools in Tredyffrin-Easttown SD enroll 6,815 students altogether, Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School among them.
Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School is 56% White by enrollment. Other students are 30% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. By comparison, Chester County residents are about 77% White. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1 at Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School, with 76.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 9%. It compares with 38% for public schools in Chester County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.6% for Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School. The school posts 76.0%, 2.4 points above the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Chester County, the median household income is $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chester County is home to 111 public schools and about 83,468 public school students.
The school nearest to Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School is Conestoga SHS, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 42 students since 2020-21, to 1,056.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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