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Schools in Bowers

Bowers’s public schools

Kutztown Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bowers. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 94% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
68%
2021–22
Math proficiency
46%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$23.6K
▲ 9% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.9
PA 13.4
Schools in town
0
1,352 students on the public path
In brief

Bowers’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Bowers’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Kutztown Area SHS places highest (better than 98%); Kutztown Area MS lowest (42%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Bowers, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Kutztown Area SHS. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bowers, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A−
6–8Kutztown Area MSin KutztownC+
9–12Kutztown Area SHSin KutztownA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Kutztown Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Kutztown Area School DistrictGrades K–12 · 4 schools · 1,352 students · 12.9 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$23,649PA $21,758 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading68%
State average 55.1% · 644 students tested
Math46%
State average 36.1% · 628 students tested

Bowers vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Bowers’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bowers—Kutztown Area
RocklandBBrandywine Heights Area
MaxatawnyA−Kutztown Area

Every school in Bowers

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bowersin other towns
Kutztown El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Kutztown
A−
384 students13:1Rate it →
Greenwich-Lenhartsville El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lenhartsville
B
234 students12:1Rate it →
Kutztown Area MS
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kutztown
C+
314 students12:1Rate it →
Kutztown Area SHS
High · Grades 9–12 · Kutztown
A+
420 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Bowers’s schools

Are Bowers’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bowers. Kutztown Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bowers. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bowers in?

Kutztown Area School District.

Where do Bowers kids go to high school?

Kutztown Area SHS.

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What Bowers families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.