Middle · Pennsylvania

Penn Wood MS

Free meals for all

Penn Wood MS, a public middle school in Darby, Pennsylvania: grades 7–8, 667 students, 12.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of William Penn SD.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
667
Teachers (FTE)
53.0
Students per teacher
12.6
Grades
7–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 12.8 · 521 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 64% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 560 · 521 schools compared

Larger than 66% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Pennsylvania: 49%

26%proficient

−3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 51% · 521 middle schools compared

584 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

7.0%proficient

−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 94% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 37% · 521 middle schools compared

582 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with William Penn SD.

Location

Address
121 Summit St, Darby, PA 19023
Phone
(610)586-1804
City or town
Darby

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
5–826612.412%1.9%
Richard Allen Preparatory CSCharterFree meals for all
5–931513.721%2.5%
Beverly Hills MSFree meals for all
6–81,47513.523%9.6%
Drexel Hill MSFree meals for all
6–81,24412.227%12%
Middle Years AlternativeFree meals for all
5–812810.529%13%
Universal Vare CSCharterFree meals for all
5–810715.322%4.3%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 422639000943