NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Pottstown, PA

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15 public K-12 schools in Pottstown from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
10,143
Students
38.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pottstown has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pottstown sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Pottstown's list includes 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 32-point gap between Owen J Roberts Ms and Lincoln El Sch shows the range hidden by Pottstown's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 19%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
39th percentile
Teacher staffing
72nd percentile

Owen J Roberts Hs accounts for 17.8% of all Pottstown public-school enrollment

That concentration means Pottstown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pottstown school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities

Pottstown school enrollment ranges from 321 students (lowest) to 1,810 students (highest), a spread of 1,489 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pottstown reports 51.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pottstown student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Owen J Roberts Ms 56
2. Owen J Roberts Hs 52
3. French Creek El Sch 45
4. Pottsgrove Ms 44
5. Pottsgrove Shs 42
6. North Coventry El Sch 41
7. East Coventry El Sch 40
8. Ringing Rocks El Sch 38
9. Rupert El Sch 38
10. Lower Pottsgrove El Sch 36
11. Pottstown Ms 32
12. Franklin El Sch 32
13. Pottstown Shs 29
14. Barth El Sch 27
15. Lincoln El Sch 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pottstown

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Rupert El Sch 73.9/100
  2. 2 Pottstown Ms 73.2/100
  3. 3 Pottstown Shs 73.2/100
  4. 4 Barth El Sch 72.4/100
  5. 5 Lincoln El Sch 71.3/100

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Which Pottstown school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Owen J Roberts Ms has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pottstown schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pottstown, PA? ▼

Pottstown has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,143 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.