Twin Valley MS

Twin Valley MS, a mid-sized middle-grades school in Elverson, Pennsylvania, operated by Twin Valley SD, instructs 856 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 44% bigger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Twin Valley SD (2,868 students total), Twin Valley MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Twin Valley MS shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Berks County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Twin Valley MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Berks County) shows that median household earnings sit near $79,777, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Berks County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), of which Twin Valley MS is one.

Twin Valley HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Twin Valley MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Twin Valley MS at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Twin Valley MS's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,043 (now 856). White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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