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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISSAHICKON SD·NCES 420240006470
Blue Bell Elementary School
801 Symphony Ln, Blue Bell, PA 19422 · (215) 619-8102 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
14.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
97 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Wissahickon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
72.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.4% | 72.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 71.6% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Blue Bell Elementary School
Blue Bell Elementary School's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bell Elementary School this school | 522 | 18.6% | 70.8% |
| Afton Elementary School Yardley | 483 | 18.8% | 81.2% |
| Cynwyd School Bala Cynwyd | 446 | 14.6% | 82.2% |
| Wayne Elementary School Wayne | 525 | 16.6% | 80.4% |
| Lower Gwynedd Elementary School Ambler | 630 | 19.5% | 77.7% |
| General Nash Elementary School Harleysville | 465 | 17.8% | 72.9% |
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 Blue Bell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #276 of 1,396 | #38 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #239 of 1,511 ▼ 23 | #35 of 92 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #315 of 1,511 ▲ 113 | #42 of 92 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #468 of 1,638 | #31 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,165 of 1,528 | #82 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #380 of 1,531 | #48 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #1,460 of 1,600 | #74 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.9% | #58 of 450 | #4 of 30 |
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
522
+65 (+14%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
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 | 522 | 36.2 | 14.4:1 | 19% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 37.4 | 14.0:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 27.4 | 15.3:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 16% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 9% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 29 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Bell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (418 to 522); teachers up 32% (27.4 to 36.2).
About Blue Bell Elementary School
In Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, part of Montgomery County, Blue Bell Elementary School is an elementary school. Its enrollment is 522 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Blue Bell Elementary School is among 6 schools run by Wissahickon SD, which serves 5,181 students.
The largest group at Blue Bell Elementary School is White students, at 62%. Other groups include 14% Black, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 73% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
Blue Bell Elementary School has 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 40%.
Blue Bell Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The model predicts 69.6% for a school in Pennsylvania with Blue Bell Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Blue Bell Elementary School posts 70.8%.
In the surrounding county, Montgomery County, the median household earns about $113,915 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County has 160 public schools with about 115,302 students, including Blue Bell Elementary School.
Blue Bell Elementary School's nearest public school is Shady Grove Elementary School (about 1.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 65.4%; Blue Bell Elementary School's is 70.8%, ranking 5th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Blue Bell Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
From 457 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 522 by 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Wissahickon SD
- Wissahickon SHSHigh · 1,480 students
- Wissahickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
Nearby schools
- Shady Grove Elementary School1.2 mi · 698
- Stony Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 643
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary School2.3 mi · 630
- Wissahickon Middle School2.5 mi · 1,208
- Wissahickon SHS2.5 mi · 1,480
- East Norriton Middle School2.6 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Bell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Blue Bell Elementary School?
Blue Bell Elementary School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Blue Bell Elementary School serve?
Blue Bell Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Blue Bell Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Blue Bell Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Bell Elementary School?
At Blue Bell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 5% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Blue Bell Elementary School?
Blue Bell Elementary School is overseen by Wissahickon SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.