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Enrollment
672
Middle
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER PERKIOMEN SD·NCES 422454003406
Upper Perkiomen Middle School
901 Montgomery Ave, Pennsburg, PA 18073 · (267) 313-4800 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
235 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 209 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 35% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Upper Perkiomen Middle School→Upper Perkiomen High School
Based on grade levels within Upper Perkiomen SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 43.9% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Upper Perkiomen Middle School
Upper Perkiomen Middle School's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Perkiomen Middle School this school | 672 | 35.0% | 52.8% |
| Greencastle-Antrim Middle School Greencastle | 729 | 37.0% | 56.5% |
| Warwick Middle School Lititz | 568 | 36.8% | 53.6% |
| Boyertown Area MS-West Boyertown | 668 | 39.8% | 51.6% |
| Dallas Middle School Dallas | 589 | 36.2% | 52.9% |
| Spring Grove Area Intrmd School Spring Grove | 608 | 38.5% | 51.3% |
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 Upper Perkiomen Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #179 of 479 | #23 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #126 of 513 ▲ 43 | #18 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #206 of 513 ▲ 3 | #24 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #186 of 522 | #26 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #87 of 486 | #10 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #309 of 486 | #33 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #380 of 510 | #14 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #89 of 332 | #6 of 21 |
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
672
-147 (-18%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 996
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 672 | 58.8 | 11.4:1 | 35% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 57.1 | 12.0:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 59.3 | 12.5:1 | 35% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 819 | 57 | 14.4:1 | 32% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | 53.1 | 15.1:1 | 32% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 29% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 58 | 11.8:1 | 22% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 1,093 | 59 | 18.5:1 | 14% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 996 | 59 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Upper Perkiomen Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (802 to 672); teachers up 11% (53.1 to 58.8).
About Upper Perkiomen Middle School
In Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, part of Montgomery County, Upper Perkiomen Middle School is a middle-grades school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 672 students.
Upper Perkiomen Middle School is a school in Upper Perkiomen SD. The district has 5 schools and 3,072 students.
By race and ethnicity, Upper Perkiomen Middle School is 82% White. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Montgomery County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Upper Perkiomen Middle School are from different groups.
Upper Perkiomen Middle School has 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.4:1. The school's 11.4:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%.
Upper Perkiomen Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.6% for Upper Perkiomen Middle School. The school posts 52.8%, 9.8 points below the prediction.
In Montgomery County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $113,915 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Montgomery County number 160, with about 115,302 students.
Upper Perkiomen High School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Upper Perkiomen Middle School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 18% across 4 years, from 819 in 2020-21 to 672 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.4:1 to 11.4:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Upper Perkiomen Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upper Perkiomen SD
- Upper Perkiomen High SchoolHigh · 1,021 students
- Hereford Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade CenterElementary · 466 students
- Marlborough Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Perkiomen High School0.4 mi · 1,021
- Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade Center1.7 mi · 466
- Marlborough Elementary School2.9 mi · 409
- Pfaff Elementary School4.6 mi · 482
- Hereford Elementary School4.6 mi · 504
- Washington Elementary School5.2 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About Upper Perkiomen Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Upper Perkiomen Middle School?
Upper Perkiomen Middle School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Upper Perkiomen Middle School serve?
Upper Perkiomen Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Upper Perkiomen Middle School have?
Upper Perkiomen Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Upper Perkiomen Middle School?
Student demographics at Upper Perkiomen Middle School are roughly 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Upper Perkiomen Middle School in?
Upper Perkiomen Middle School is part of Upper Perkiomen SD.
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