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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the William Penn MS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
904
Middle
DISTRICT 765 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSBURY SD·NCES 421884001113
William Penn Middle School
1524 Derbyshire Rd, Yardley, PA 19067 · (215) 428-4280 · Bucks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
324 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 286 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 306 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 312 | 35% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
William Penn Middle School→Pennsbury High School
Based on grade levels within Pennsbury SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.2pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.1% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 45.0% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 William Penn Middle School
William Penn Middle School's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Penn Middle School this school | 904 | 35.8% | 55.0% |
| Sandburg Middle School Levittown | 729 | 36.6% | 43.4% |
| Keith Valley Middle School Horsham | 966 | 39.5% | 55.8% |
| Pennwood Middle School Yardley | 740 | 30.9% | 55.7% |
| Mechanicsburg Middle School Mechanicsburg | 1,112 | 39.7% | 50.5% |
| Manheim Central Middle School Manheim | 846 | 38.3% | 46.1% |
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 William Penn Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #154 of 479 | #12 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #151 of 513 ▲ 8 | #10 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #178 of 513 ▼ 58 | #11 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #72 of 522 | #5 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #68 of 486 | #8 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #187 of 486 | #11 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #376 of 510 | #13 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #269 of 332 | #17 of 22 |
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
904
-57 (-6%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 904 | 80.8 | 11.2:1 | 36% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 938 | 87.8 | 10.7:1 | 35% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 922 | 82.8 | 11.1:1 | 32% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 961 | 82 | 11.7:1 | 24% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 944 | 78.5 | 12.0:1 | 23% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 1,023 | 79 | 12.9:1 | 21% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 1,045 | 70 | 14.9:1 | 13% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 1,017 | 63 | 16.1:1 | 9% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 67 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Penn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (944 to 904); teachers up 3% (78.5 to 80.8).
About William Penn Middle School
William Penn Middle School is a public middle school in Yardley, Pennsylvania. It enrolled 904 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 52% higher than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 594.
The district for William Penn Middle School is Pennsbury SD, with 14 schools and 9,435 students.
William Penn Middle School is 73% White by enrollment. Other students are 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. By comparison, Bucks County residents are about 81% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 80.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.2:1. That is lower than the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 36%.
On BeatsExpectations, William Penn Middle School is 7.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bucks County, the median household income is $114,764, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. William Penn Middle School is one of 123 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Charles H Boehm Middle School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, William Penn Middle School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
William Penn Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 57 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pennsbury SD
- Pennsbury High SchoolHigh · 2,847 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in Yardley
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Quarry Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Makefield Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Charles H Boehm Middle School0.2 mi · 651
- Pennwood Middle School0.3 mi · 740
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School0.8 mi · 583
- Makefield Elementary School0.9 mi · 397
- Edgewood Elementary School1.0 mi · 557
- Fallsington Elementary School1.7 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About William Penn Middle SchoolHow large is William Penn Middle School?
William Penn Middle School enrolls approximately 904 students in grades 06-08.
Is William Penn Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
William Penn Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does William Penn Middle School have?
William Penn Middle School employs 81 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
How diverse is William Penn Middle School?
William Penn Middle School reports a student body of 73% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is William Penn Middle School public or private?
William Penn Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pennsbury SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.