Enrollment
214
Middle
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULPEHOCKEN AREA SD·NCES 422382010039
Tulpehocken Area Middle School
430 New Schaefferstown Rd, Bernville, PA 19506 · (717) 933-4611 · Berks County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
103 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 7 | 98 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 54% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Tulpehocken Area Middle School→Tulpehocken Area High School
Based on grade levels within Tulpehocken Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.4% | 36.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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%.
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 Tulpehocken Area Middle School
Tulpehocken Area Middle School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulpehocken Area Middle School this school | 214 | 48.1% | 48.7% |
| Weatherly Area Middle School Weatherly | 172 | 49.4% | 34.8% |
| Annville-Cleona Middle School Annville | 235 | 43.0% | 49.3% |
| Palmerton Area Junior High School Palmerton | 261 | 48.3% | 47.2% |
| Schuylkill Haven Middle School Schuylkill Haven | 255 | 54.9% | 34.0% |
| Halifax Area Middle School Halifax | 263 | 51.7% | 44.0% |
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 Tulpehocken Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #233 of 479 | #10 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #315 of 513 ▼ 57 | #15 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #228 of 513 ▼ 13 | #6 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #478 of 522 | #26 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #13 of 486 | #1 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #295 of 486 | #16 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #277 of 510 | #12 of 26 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 214 | 22.4 | 9.6:1 | 48% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 21.4 | 9.9:1 | 48% (103) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tulpehocken Area Middle School.
About Tulpehocken Area Middle School
The public middle-grades school Tulpehocken Area Middle School is located in Bernville, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 214 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 64% below the 594-student average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
The district, Tulpehocken Area SD, has 1,243 students enrolled across 4 schools.
The share of White students at Tulpehocken Area Middle School is 80%, a majority. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic and 3% Black. Census figures show Berks County is about 70% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 9.6:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.2:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 48%. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Berks County is 19 points.
Tulpehocken Area Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.7% and a predicted 57.0%.
Berks County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Berks County number 95, with about 62,375 students.
Tulpehocken Area High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Tulpehocken Area Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Tulpehocken Area Middle School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Tulpehocken Area Middle School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
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Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tulpehocken Area SD
- Tulpehocken Area High SchoolHigh · 441 students
- Penn Bernville Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
- Bethel Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other schools in Bernville
- Tulpehocken Area High SchoolHigh · 441 students
- Penn Bernville Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Tulpehocken Area High School0.0 mi · 441
- Penn Bernville Elementary School3.2 mi · 302
- Bethel Elementary School6.1 mi · 286
- Conrad Weiser West Elementary School6.3 mi · 415
- Fort Zeller Elementary School7.3 mi · 273
- Conrad Weiser Middle School7.5 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Tulpehocken Area Middle SchoolHow large is Tulpehocken Area Middle School?
Tulpehocken Area Middle School enrolls approximately 214 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Tulpehocken Area Middle School serve?
Tulpehocken Area Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Tulpehocken Area Middle School have?
Tulpehocken Area Middle School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
How diverse is Tulpehocken Area Middle School?
Tulpehocken Area Middle School reports a student body of 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Tulpehocken Area Middle School?
Tulpehocken Area Middle School is overseen by Tulpehocken Area SD in Berks County.
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