Bala-Cynwyd Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

510 Bryn Mawr Ave

Bala Cynwyd PA, 19004, Montgomery County

Phone: 610-645-1480

Ranking:

(48 out of 2,311, top 2%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Lower Merion School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	86		82		80		82		82		81		82
Total Students:	922		891		866		830		817		796		791
Grade 6:	290	31.5%	317	35.6%	285	32.9%	268	32.3%	283	34.6%	254	31.9%	247	31.2%
Grade 7:	332	36.0%	291	32.7%	274	31.6%	296	35.7%	266	32.6%	254	31.9%	288	36.4%
Grade 8:	300	32.5%	283	31.8%	307	35.5%	266	32.0%	268	32.8%	288	36.2%	256	32.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	456	49.5%	433	48.6%	419	48.4%	422	50.8%	416	50.9%	401	50.4%	415	52.5%
Female:	466	50.5%	458	51.4%	447	51.6%	408	49.2%	393	48.1%	387	48.6%	372	47.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%
Asian:	102	11.1%	98	11.0%	98	11.3%	93	11.2%	91	11.1%	79	9.9%	61	7.7%
Hispanic:	33	3.6%	30	3.4%	31	3.6%	21	2.5%	17	2.1%	13	1.6%	14	1.8%
Black:	76	8.2%	77	8.6%	69	8.0%	79	9.5%	79	9.7%	81	10.2%	76	9.6%
White:	695	75.4%	676	75.9%	662	76.4%	634	76.4%	630	77.1%	623	78.3%	638	80.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	16	1.7%	10	1.1%	6	0.7%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	64	6.9%	54	6.1%	41	4.7%	29	3.5%	36	4.4%	34	4.3%	24	3.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	7	0.8%	7	0.8%	19	2.2%	18	2.2%	15	1.8%	12	1.5%	12	1.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.77		10.85		10.89		10.11		9.96		9.80		9.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.1%	88.9%	N/A
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.1%	86%	N/A
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95%	93.9%	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.6%	89.8%	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	97.4%	93.5%	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.5%	91.3%	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.9%	91.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	84.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	84.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.5%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	86.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	91.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.5%	88.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	90.1%	N/A
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	83.8%	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	87.3%	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	84.8%	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	93.4%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	93.2%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.5%	95.2%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.2%	94.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	87.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	85.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95%	92.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93%	91.9%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.5%	93.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95.8%	95.1%	N/A
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.6%	N/A
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.4%	N/A
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	86.8%	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83%	82.8%	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	84%	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91%	87.9%	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	88.7%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.5%	95%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	90.6%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.6%	94.1%	N/A
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	89.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	83.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	88.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	90.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	93.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.4%	94.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.2%	96.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.1%	95.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.7%	96.5%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	76%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	77.4%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84.5%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	82.3%	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	81.6%	N/A
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86%	83.5%	N/A
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	85.8%	N/A
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85%	83.6%	N/A
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.3%	91.2%	N/A
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	87.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.9%	88.1%	N/A

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* Bala-Cynwyd Middle School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.