William Penn MS

As a high-enrollment middle school in Yardley, Pennsylvania, William Penn MS enrolls 904 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Pennsbury SD. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 52% larger than typical.

Pennsbury SD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 9,435 students; William Penn MS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, William Penn MS reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting William Penn MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at William Penn MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William Penn MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.2%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bucks County) logs that median household earnings sit near $114,764, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Bucks County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), of which William Penn MS is one.

The closest other public school is Charles H Boehm MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William Penn MS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 61.2%.

William Penn MS operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. William Penn MS's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 944 (now 904). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 8% across the same window.

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