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How has Barclay El Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
654
Elementary
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL BUCKS SD·NCES 420531004683
Barclay Elementary School
2015 Palomino Dr, Warrington, PA 18976 · (267) 893-4100 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
205 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 43% smaller than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
54.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 52.2% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Barclay Elementary School
Barclay Elementary School's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barclay Elementary School this school | 654 | 31.3% | 60.6% |
| Cetronia School Allentown | 496 | 32.3% | 79.1% |
| Willow Lane Elementary School Macungie | 593 | 27.2% | 68.0% |
| Phoenixville Early Learning Center Phoenixville | 613 | 32.3% | N/A |
| Cornwall Elementary School Cornwall | 541 | 37.3% | 66.9% |
| Wescosville Elementary School Wescosville | 465 | 33.5% | 68.5% |
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 Barclay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #574 of 1,396 | #48 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #687 of 1,511 ▲ 6 | #52 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #434 of 1,511 ▲ 50 | #37 of 72 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #181 of 1,638 | #13 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #390 of 1,528 | #14 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #364 of 1,531 | #11 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #1,312 of 1,600 | #33 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.8% | #123 of 450 | #4 of 19 |
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
654
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 654 | 55.3 | 11.8:1 | 31% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 57.5 | 11.9:1 | 30% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 54.8 | 12.7:1 | 32% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 52 | 12.9:1 | 29% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 36.8 | 15.2:1 | 33% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 31% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 20% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 31 | 21.3:1 | 11% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 33 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barclay Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (560 to 654); teachers up 50% (36.8 to 55.3).
About Barclay Elementary School
Families in Warrington, Pennsylvania, are served by Barclay Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 654 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 48% larger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Barclay Elementary School is among 23 schools run by Central Bucks SD, which serves 16,879 students.
Federal enrollment data show Barclay Elementary School is 58% White. Enrollment also includes 26% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 23 points below the 81% share among Bucks County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Barclay Elementary School are from different groups.
The school's 55.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Bucks County averages 40%, higher than here.
Barclay Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Barclay Elementary School is 3.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 60.6%. Predicted: 64.2%.
Looking at the county, Bucks County, median household income comes to about $114,764, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 123 public schools and about 81,956 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Titus Elementary School, is the closest to Barclay Elementary School. Barclay Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 60.6% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Barclay Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 654, compared with 673 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.8:1.
The discussion board for Barclay Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Bucks SD
- Central Bucks HS-SouthHigh · 1,719 students
- Central Bucks HS-WestHigh · 1,391 students
- Central Bucks HS-EastHigh · 1,374 students
- Holicong Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- Tamanend Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Tohickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
Other schools in Warrington
- Central Bucks HS-SouthHigh · 1,719 students
- Tamanend Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 729 students
- Titus Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
Other Barclay Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Barclay Elementary. Barclay Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- BARCLAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBROCKPORT, NY · 527 students
Nearby schools
- Titus Elementary School0.6 mi · 566
- Tamanend Middle School1.3 mi · 901
- Log College Middle School1.8 mi · 603
- Willow Dale Elementary School1.9 mi · 728
- Jamison Elementary School2.2 mi · 599
- Central Bucks HS-South2.5 mi · 1,719
Frequently asked questions
About Barclay Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Barclay Elementary School?
Barclay Elementary School enrolls approximately 654 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Barclay Elementary School serve?
Barclay Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Barclay Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Barclay Elementary School.
How diverse is Barclay Elementary School?
Barclay Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Barclay Elementary School in?
Barclay Elementary School is part of Central Bucks SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.