Belmont Hills El Sch

Belmont Hills El Sch operates as a compact primary school in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, overseen by Lower Merion SD. Current enrollment sits at 358 students spanning grades K through 4.

Across the 11 schools in Lower Merion SD (8,533 students total), Belmont Hills El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Belmont Hills El Sch records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Belmont Hills El Sch has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Belmont Hills El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Belmont Hills El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that median household earnings sit near $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Belmont Hills El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dobson James Sch, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Belmont Hills El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Belmont Hills El Sch has shrank 30%, going from 509 students in 2018 to 358 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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