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Enrollment
1,208
Middle
DISTRICT 864 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISSAHICKON SD·NCES 420240003245
Wissahickon Middle School
500 Houston Rd, Ambler, PA 19002 · (215) 619-8110 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,208 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.4:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
274 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 411 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 396 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 401 | 33% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Wissahickon Middle School→Wissahickon SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wissahickon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 53.2% |
% 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
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Wissahickon Middle School
Wissahickon Middle School's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wissahickon Middle School this school | 1,208 | 22.7% | 67.6% |
| Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th Royersford | 1,307 | 20.5% | 67.6% |
| J R Fugett Middle School West Chester | 930 | 22.4% | 53.8% |
| Springhouse Middle School Allentown | 1,329 | 32.0% | 67.7% |
| Pennbrook Middle School North Wales | 767 | 22.6% | 64.6% |
| Eagle View Middle School Mechanicsburg | 1,111 | 28.8% | 68.7% |
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 Wissahickon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #50 of 479 | #7 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #65 of 513 ▲ 16 | #10 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #29 of 513 ▲ 17 | #4 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,208 | #20 of 522 | #5 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #371 of 486 | #31 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #83 of 486 | #11 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #445 of 510 | #19 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #48 of 131 | #4 of 11 |
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
1,208
+97 (+9%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 1,208 | 83.7 | 14.4:1 | 23% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 1,152 | 85.5 | 13.5:1 | 24% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 1,127 | 85.3 | 13.2:1 | 21% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 1,111 | 86 | 12.9:1 | 23% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 1,083 | 83.7 | 12.9:1 | 22% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 1,062 | 84 | 12.6:1 | 19% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 1,051 | 87 | 12.1:1 | 14% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 1,152 | 80 | 14.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 788 | 67 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wissahickon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,083 to 1,208); teachers unchanged (83.7 to 83.7).
About Wissahickon Middle School
Wissahickon Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Ambler, Pennsylvania. It serves 1,208 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students.
Wissahickon Middle School is one school in a 6-school district, Wissahickon SD, which enrolls 5,181 students.
By race and ethnicity, Wissahickon Middle School is 59% White. It is also 18% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Montgomery County is roughly 73% White. By the diversity index, Wissahickon Middle School comes in at 60%.
Wissahickon Middle School's 83.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.4:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 23%. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Wissahickon Middle School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Pennsylvania, Wissahickon Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 67.6% actual against a predicted 67.9%.
In the county around the school, Montgomery County, median household income is about $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wissahickon Middle School is among the 160 public schools in Montgomery County.
The closest public school to Wissahickon Middle School is Wissahickon SHS, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Wissahickon Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wissahickon Middle School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Wissahickon Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 9%, from 1,111 to 1,208. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.9:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Wissahickon SD
- Wissahickon SHSHigh · 1,480 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- Blue Bell Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Ambler
- Wissahickon SHSHigh · 1,480 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
Nearby schools
- Wissahickon SHS0.2 mi · 1,480
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary School0.2 mi · 630
- Upper Dublin High School1.8 mi · 1,272
- Fort Washington Elementary School2.0 mi · 518
- Shady Grove Elementary School2.2 mi · 698
- Maple Glen Elementary School2.3 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Wissahickon Middle SchoolHow large is Wissahickon Middle School?
Wissahickon Middle School enrolls approximately 1,208 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wissahickon Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wissahickon Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wissahickon Middle School have?
Wissahickon Middle School employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Wissahickon Middle School?
Wissahickon Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 7% Hispanic, 8% Black, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Wissahickon Middle School?
Wissahickon Middle School is overseen by Wissahickon SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.