Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSTOWN SD·NCES 421968003345
Barth Elementary School
467 W Walnut St, Pottstown, PA 19464 · (610) 970-6675 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
313 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (63).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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 Pottstown SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
61.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 61.6% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 50.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Barth Elementary School
Barth Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barth Elementary School this school | 321 | 97.5% | 55.4% |
| Rupert Elementary School Pottstown | 379 | 98.7% | 42.6% |
| Marion Elementary School Chambersburg | 292 | 91.1% | 45.6% |
| Reeceville Elementary School Coatesville | 384 | 94.0% | 28.1% |
| Marcus Hook Elementary School Marcus Hook | 237 | 91.1% | 39.9% |
| Morrisville Intermediate School Morrisville | 197 | 97.0% | 33.7% |
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 Barth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #724 of 1,396 | #74 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #497 of 1,511 ▲ 233 | #61 of 92 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #779 of 1,511 ▲ 121 | #76 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #1,170 of 1,638 | #86 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #519 of 1,528 | #42 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #56 of 1,531 | #8 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #478 of 1,600 | #12 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #741 of 1,045 | #48 of 61 |
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
321
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 321 | 26.2 | 12.3:1 | 98% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 26.2 | 11.9:1 | 100% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 27.2 | 11.5:1 | 100% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 99% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 25.7 | 13.6:1 | 100% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 100% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 78% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 60% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (349 to 321); teachers up 2% (25.7 to 26.2).
About Barth Elementary School
Barth Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Its 321 students are spread across pre-K through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Barth Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Pottstown SD, which enrolls 3,205 students in total.
The most common group at Barth Elementary School is Black students, at 38%. It is also 26% Hispanic, 22% White, and 13% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 9% Black, 29 points below the school's share. Barth Elementary School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Barth Elementary School employs 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Barth Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 98%. The rate at public schools in Montgomery County averages 40%, lower than here.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Barth Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in Pennsylvania with Barth Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 35.8%. Barth Elementary School scores 55.4%.
Barth Elementary School is located in Montgomery County, where the median household income is $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Barth Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is West Pottsgrove Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Barth Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 39.4% on proficiency, and Barth Elementary School is above that at 55.4%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 24 students since 2020-21, to 321. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.8 to 12.3 over 4 years.
The Barth Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pottstown SD
- Pottstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Pottstown High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Rupert Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
Other schools in Pottstown
- Owen J Roberts High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Pottsgrove SHSHigh · 973 students
- Pottstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Pottstown High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Owen J Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Pottsgrove Middle SchoolMiddle · 678 students
Other Barth Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Barth Elementary. Barth Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Barth Elementary SchoolROMULUS, MI · 233 students
Nearby schools
- West Pottsgrove Elementary School0.7 mi · 252
- Lincoln Elementary School1.3 mi · 322
- Pottstown Middle School1.7 mi · 918
- Pottstown High School2.0 mi · 911
- Franklin Elementary School2.3 mi · 354
- Pottsgrove Middle School2.4 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Barth Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Barth Elementary School?
Barth Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-04.
Is Barth Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barth Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Barth Elementary School have?
Barth Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barth Elementary School?
At Barth Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 26% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Barth Elementary School in?
Barth Elementary School is part of Pottstown SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.