Robert K. Shafer Middle School

Robert K. Shafer Middle School

Public Middle School | Grade 7-8
3333 Hulmeville Rd,  Bensalem, PA
Bensalem Township School District
2.8
2.8
602 Students
C+
Niche Grade

School Details

Student Teacher Ratio
14:1
Math Proficiency
14%
Reading Proficiency
42%

Niche Grade

C
Academics
C
Teachers
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Academics
Reading Proficiency
42%
Math Proficiency
14%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
14:1
Teachers
44
Full Time Teachers
44
Teachers in First or Second Year
5.2%

GreatSchools Rating

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Test Scores

Math
7.5%
State Average
15.6%
Science
19.8%
State Average
29.5%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
294:1

Student Diversity

Male
52.1%
Female
47.9%
White
48.7%
Hispanic
21.7%
Black
13.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander
11.8%
Two or more races
3.9%
Native American
<1%
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School Rankings

#21 Most Diverse Public MS in Pennsylvania
Source: Niche

Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
2.8 4 Reviews
2.0 Alum
8/7/2020
This school is not good. The administration is poor. Drugs are huge in the school end it needs to be addressed. There are a lot of low income at this school. Bullying is a huge problem here and most of the time it goes unnoticed and it's not addressed by the faculty. Most of the faculty and teachers at the school are extremely rude and some even make false claims against students. There are some very friendly faculty members but the majority are not friendly. I am not going to call anybody out but there are some teachers that discriminate against students in certain groups (the lgbt+ community) If you were going to be a teacher you have to be aware that there are lots of different kinds of people especially at a public school. If you try and say that you were discriminated against nobody will believe you not even the administration. I give the school two stars because it does have some good things about it but for the most part I would not recommend the school.
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2.8 5 Reviews
5.0 student
7/22/2018
Pretty good school overall. Although there are some things that should be fixed (cough) the bathrooms. The learning environment is perfect for public education. The use of programs like Schoology and Google Docs really helps us adapt to a new 21st century learning environment. The Chromebooks are gr...
1.0 parent
11/3/2016
The drugs are off the hook. I moved from Philly thinking it would be better. No it's not at all! The hallways smell like smoke and it's just a overall bad school.
5.0 parent
7/21/2016
The administration, teachers and entire staff work together, create a fun, interesting, challenging learning environment and know their students. There are many clubs at this school which are nicely captured in an end-of year school yearbook. The children are growing up together with their fellow to...
1.0 parent
12/3/2013
I attended the Christmas Choir performance late November 2013. As a new resident, I was appalled at the "chaos" in the cafeteria where it was held. No opening comments from the adminstration, constant talking and milling around, participation choir members were blowing kisses to friends, smacking li...

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