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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 19008

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School

868

Students

Top rankedPaxon Hollow Middle School117^th of 873 Pennsylvania middle schools

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Summary:

The 19008 zip code in Pennsylvania is home to a single high-performing middle school, Paxon Hollow Middle School, which serves students in the Marple Newtown School District. This school has consistently ranked in the top 15% of Pennsylvania middle schools over the past three years and maintains a 4 or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating above-average performance.

Paxon Hollow Middle School significantly outperforms the state average on PSSA proficiency rates in both Math and English Language Arts across all grade levels. The school's all-grades math proficiency rate of 50.2% in 2024-2025 exceeds the state average of 41.7%, while its all-grades ELA proficiency rate of 64.5% is significantly higher than the state average of 48.5%. Additionally, the school has a low dropout rate of 1.4% for the 2023-2024 school year.

Despite serving a sizable population of economically disadvantaged students, with 28.54% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, Paxon Hollow Middle School continues to deliver strong academic outcomes. The school's higher-than-average spending per student ($19,846) and lower student-teacher ratio (11.9) suggest the district is allocating significant resources to support the school and its students, which likely contributes to its overall success.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)				PSSA English Language Arts (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Paxon Hollow Middle School	Public	6-8	815 Paxon Hollow Rd	Broomall	19008	Delaware County	Marple Newtown School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 359-4320	868	64	13.6	28.8%	666 (76.7%)	27 (3.1%)	26 (3.0%)	112 (12.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.0%)	83.5	117^th of 873 public middle schools	86.6%		84.4	108^th of 891 public middle schools	87.9%	9	64.2	46.7	39.4	50.2	67.9	67.2	58.1	64.5	$20,602	$417	$20,185

Cities Near Zip Code 19008

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Broomall	0.26 mi	5	138^th
Newtown Square	1.38 mi	2	175^th
Havertown	2.09 mi	5	29^th
Bryn Mawr	2.25 mi	3	6^th
Drexel Hill	2.83 mi	7	684^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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