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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARNET VALLEY SD·NCES 421059000641
Bethel Springs Elementary School
3280 Foulk Road, Garnet Valley, PA 19060 · (610) 579-3000 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
74 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 Garnet Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
75.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 75.9% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 73.6% |
% 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
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Bethel Springs Elementary School
Bethel Springs Elementary School's state test result (76.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Springs Elementary School this school | 537 | 13.8% | 76.6% |
| Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School Downingtown | 488 | 11.1% | 86.0% |
| Shaull Elementary School Enola | 591 | 17.6% | 74.1% |
| Ithan Elementary School Bryn Mawr | 538 | 8.4% | 88.8% |
| Concord Elementary School Glen Mills | 617 | 13.5% | N/A |
| Beaumont Elementary School Devon | 459 | 9.2% | 80.0% |
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 Bethel Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #170 of 1,396 | #17 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #169 of 1,511 ▲ 16 | #17 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #201 of 1,511 ▼ 37 | #18 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #422 of 1,638 | #28 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #130 of 1,528 | #13 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #550 of 1,531 | #30 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #1,522 of 1,600 | #64 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #330 of 450 | #17 of 25 |
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
537
+80 (+18%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 537 | 51.7 | 10.4:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 49.4 | 11.1:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 47.5 | 11.2:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 43.1 | 12.0:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 43 | 12.2:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 47 | 11.7:1 | 3% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethel Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (516 to 537); teachers up 20% (43.1 to 51.7).
About Bethel Springs Elementary School
Bethel Springs Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 537 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 21% above that.
Garnet Valley SD has 5 schools and 4,425 students, and Bethel Springs Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Bethel Springs Elementary School is 67% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The White share in Delaware County as a whole is similar, at about 63%. By the diversity index, Bethel Springs Elementary School comes in at 50%.
Bethel Springs Elementary School employs 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, higher than at this school. Bethel Springs Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 14%. The gap from the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County is 44 points.
Bethel Springs Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bethel Springs Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 76.6%; the prediction is 71.7%.
Among Delaware County residents, median household income is about $89,546, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Bethel Springs Elementary School is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County, which together enroll about 74,663 students.
The closest public school, Lancashire Elementary School, is about 1.6 miles from Bethel Springs Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Bethel Springs Elementary School places 2nd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
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.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 18%, from 457 to 537. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.0:1 to 10.4:1.
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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 Garnet Valley SD
- Garnet Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Garnet Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,086 students
- Garnet Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 700 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
Other Bethel Springs Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bethel Springs Elementary. Bethel Springs Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Bethel Springs ElementaryBethel Springs, TN · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Lancashire Elementary School1.6 mi · 510
- Talley Middle School1.7 mi · 900
- Garnet Valley High School1.7 mi · 1,485
- Garnet Valley Middle School2.2 mi · 1,086
- Concord High School2.3 mi · 994
- Garnet Valley Elementary School2.3 mi · 700
Frequently asked questions
About Bethel Springs Elementary SchoolHow large is Bethel Springs Elementary School?
Bethel Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 537 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bethel Springs Elementary School serve?
Bethel Springs Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Bethel Springs Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Bethel Springs Elementary School.
How diverse is Bethel Springs Elementary School?
Bethel Springs Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bethel Springs Elementary School?
Bethel Springs Elementary School is overseen by Garnet Valley SD in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.