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Pottsgrove Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1351 North Hanover Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
Phone
(610) 326-8243
District
POTTSGROVE SD
County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
719
Classroom Teachers
55

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

5

(10 is best)

Better than 42.5% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Pottsgrove Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
44%
62%
56%
37%
32%
50%
44%
62%
56%
37%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
41%
42%
62%
58%
20%
27%
41%
42%
62%
58%
20%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
40%
39%
58%
56%
21%
23%
40%
39%
58%
56%
21%
23%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 239 33.2%
Grade 7 243 33.8%
Grade 8 237 33.0%
Total 719 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 65.7% 67.4% 65.3%
Black 20.8% 19.0% 15.4%
Hispanic 11.7% 11.5% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.8% 1.9% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 41.7% 37.2% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 40.3% 36.0% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.4% 1.3% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 21,889 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,425.4 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.4% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.6% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.6% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 14.4% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,934 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 10.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.4% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.6% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.8% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.3% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.3% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.1% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 4.8% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,860 $35,023,500 55.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $909 $2,931,525 4.7%
Staff $663 $2,138,175 3.4%
General Administration $489 $1,577,025 2.5%
School Administration $756 $2,438,100 3.9%
Operation $1,438 $4,637,550 7.4%
Transportation $494 $1,593,150 2.5%
Other $937 $3,021,825 4.8%
Total Support $5,688 $18,343,800 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,987 $9,633,075 15.3%
Total Expenditures $19,535 $63,000,375 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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