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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Amosland El Sch this year?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDLEY SD·NCES 422037001925
Amosland Elementary School
549 Amosland Rd, Morton, PA 19070 · (610) 534-1900 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
201 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Ridley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 57.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amosland Elementary School
Amosland Elementary School's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amosland Elementary School this school | 470 | 42.8% | 59.6% |
| Kerr Elementary School Pittsburgh | 426 | 36.6% | 80.7% |
| Schweitzer Elementary School Levittown | 407 | 43.5% | 63.5% |
| Middlesex Elementary School Carlisle | 419 | 44.9% | 51.2% |
| O'Block Elementary School Pittsburgh | 512 | 39.8% | 60.5% |
| McKee Elementary School Oakdale | 521 | 39.7% | 77.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amosland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #606 of 1,396 | #26 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #619 of 1,511 ▼ 54 | #26 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #634 of 1,511 ▲ 29 | #27 of 69 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #622 of 1,638 | #37 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,075 of 1,528 | #56 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #539 of 1,531 | #29 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #1,115 of 1,600 | #45 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #1,042 of 1,045 | #45 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
470
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 470 | 33.5 | 14.0:1 | 43% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 32.9 | 13.6:1 | 45% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 33.3 | 13.3:1 | 43% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 37% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 32.6 | 14.4:1 | 37% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 37% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 22% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 12% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 22 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amosland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (471 to 470); teachers up 3% (32.6 to 33.5).
About Amosland Elementary School
Amosland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Morton, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Ridley SD. Its enrollment is 470 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Ridley SD has 5,539 students in 9 schools, and Amosland Elementary School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Amosland Elementary School is 69%, a majority. It is also 14% Black, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
With 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Amosland Elementary School, 43% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Delaware County report 58%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Amosland Elementary School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Amosland Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.6%, compared with a predicted 59.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Delaware County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $89,546, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 113 public schools and about 74,663 students.
Interboro SHS sits about 0.8 miles from Amosland Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Amosland Elementary School comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Amosland Elementary School enrolled 461; in 2024-25, 470.
Amosland Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ridley SD
- Ridley High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Ridley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Grace Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Woodlyn Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Interboro SHS0.8 mi · 1,079
- Edgewood Elementary School0.8 mi · 347
- Glenolden School1.1 mi · 614
- Prospect Park School1.1 mi · 546
- Kindergarten Academy1.1 mi · 245
- Ridley High School1.2 mi · 1,825
Frequently asked questions
About Amosland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Amosland Elementary School?
Amosland Elementary School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Amosland Elementary School serve?
Amosland Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Amosland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Amosland Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Amosland Elementary School?
At Amosland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 4% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Amosland Elementary School?
Amosland Elementary School is overseen by Ridley SD in Delaware County.
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