Tulpehocken Area MS

Tulpehocken Area MS, a micro-enrollment middle school in Bernville, Pennsylvania, overseen by Tulpehocken Area SD, caters to 214 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts it 64% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Within Tulpehocken Area SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,243 students, Tulpehocken Area MS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Tulpehocken Area MS lists that White students make up the majority at 80%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Berks County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tulpehocken Area MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.0%; this one delivers 48.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Berks County) logs that median household income runs about $79,777, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Tulpehocken Area MS is one of 95 public schools in Berks County (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students).

The closest other public school is Tulpehocken Area HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Tulpehocken Area MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tulpehocken Area MS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

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