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Enrollment
753
Middle
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON SD·NCES 422658006982
Wilson Southern Middle School
3100 Iroquois Ave, Sinking Spring, PA 19608 · (610) 670-0180 · Berks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
12.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
346 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 255 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 246 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 33% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Wilson Southern Middle School→Wilson High School
Based on grade levels within Wilson SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
33.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 32.2% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Wilson Southern Middle School
Wilson Southern Middle School's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Southern Middle School this school | 753 | 45.9% | 43.6% |
| Nitschmann Middle School Bethlehem | 731 | 48.8% | 42.5% |
| East Hills Middle School Bethlehem | 966 | 52.7% | 36.2% |
| Wilson Area Intermediate School Easton | 643 | 56.9% | 45.8% |
| Kennett Middle School Landenberg | 902 | 47.2% | 48.4% |
| Stroudsburg Middle School Stroudsburg | 1,015 | 48.2% | 49.2% |
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 Wilson Southern Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #302 of 479 | #14 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #289 of 513 ▲ 21 | #14 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #276 of 513 ▲ 40 | #10 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #143 of 522 | #10 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #171 of 486 | #9 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #53 of 486 | #1 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #293 of 510 | #13 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #66 of 131 | #6 of 8 |
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
753
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 753 | 62 | 12.2:1 | 46% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 736 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 47% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 767 | 57 | 13.5:1 | 42% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 789 | 51 | 15.5:1 | 42% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 36% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 35% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 23% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 16% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 34 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Southern Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (701 to 753); teachers up 24% (50 to 62).
About Wilson Southern Middle School
Wilson Southern Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Wilson SD, located in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. It educates 753 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
Wilson SD has 6,444 students in 8 schools, and Wilson Southern Middle School is one of those schools.
White students form the largest group at Wilson Southern Middle School, 48% of enrollment. Other groups make up 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 70% of Berks County residents are White. By the diversity index, Wilson Southern Middle School comes in at 64%.
The count of teachers at Wilson Southern Middle School is 62 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.2:1. Among middle schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. The school counts 346 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 46%. Public schools in Berks County average 67%.
The allk12 Grade for Wilson Southern Middle School is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Wilson Southern Middle School is 57.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.6%.
Among Berks County residents, median household income is about $79,777, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Wilson Southern Middle School is one of 95 public schools in Berks County, which together enroll about 62,375 students.
Nearest public school: Cornwall Terrace Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Wilson Southern Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Wilson Southern Middle School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 43.6% versus a 58.2% average.
Wilson Southern Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 753 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 789. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.5:1 to 12.2:1.
Discussions about Wilson Southern Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilson SD
- Wilson High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Wilson West Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Spring Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Whitfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Shiloh Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Cornwall Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
Other schools in Sinking Spring
- Wilson West Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Shiloh Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Cornwall Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Green Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Cornwall Terrace Elementary School0.0 mi · 553
- Wilson High School1.1 mi · 2,133
- Whitfield Elementary School1.1 mi · 573
- Wyomissing Hills El Center2.1 mi · 615
- Wyomissing Area JSHS2.1 mi · 965
- Green Valley Elementary School2.3 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Southern Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Southern Middle School?
Wilson Southern Middle School enrolls approximately 753 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wilson Southern Middle School serve?
Wilson Southern Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Wilson Southern Middle School have?
Wilson Southern Middle School employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilson Southern Middle School?
At Wilson Southern Middle School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Southern Middle School in?
Wilson Southern Middle School is part of Wilson SD.
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