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Enrollment
617
Elementary
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL BUCKS SD·NCES 420531000798
Bridge Valley Elementary School
2280 Sugar Bottom Road, Furlong, PA 18925 · (267) 893-3700 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- B-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
11.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
64 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 72% smaller than its 6th grade class (111).
Student demographics
43%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
76.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
73.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 67.4% |
% 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
76.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Bridge Valley Elementary School
Bridge Valley Elementary School's state test result (76.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Valley Elementary School this school | 617 | 10.4% | 76.1% |
| West Bradford Elementary School Downingtown | 623 | 11.2% | 83.8% |
| Newtown Elementary School Newtown | 557 | 11.1% | 78.4% |
| Goodnoe Elementary School Newtown | 668 | 15.6% | 84.1% |
| Jamison Elementary School Jamison | 599 | 10.0% | 72.3% |
| Titus Elementary School Warrington | 566 | 15.7% | 67.9% |
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 Bridge Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #177 of 1,396 | #15 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #217 of 1,511 ▲ 71 | #25 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #112 of 1,511 ▲ 3 | #13 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #233 of 1,638 | #16 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #414 of 1,528 | #16 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #691 of 1,531 | #37 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #1,563 of 1,600 | #66 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #512 of 1,045 | #17 of 50 |
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
617
-47 (-7%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 617 | 51.8 | 11.9:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 53.8 | 12.2:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 53.3 | 13.0:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 53 | 12.5:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 50.4 | 14.1:1 | 6% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 758 | 52 | 14.6:1 | 4% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 4% (38) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridge Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (710 to 617); teachers up 3% (50.4 to 51.8).
About Bridge Valley Elementary School
At 2280 Sugar Bottom Road in Furlong, Pennsylvania, Bridge Valley Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 617 students, in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 39% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Bridge Valley Elementary School sits within Central Bucks SD, which has 23 schools and 16,879 students.
At Bridge Valley Elementary School, White students make up 73% of the student body. It is also 16% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Bridge Valley Elementary School's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Bridge Valley Elementary School operates with 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.9:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. About 10% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Bucks County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
allk12 grades Bridge Valley Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Bridge Valley Elementary School are 3.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (76.1% actual, 73.2% predicted).
Federal survey data for Bucks County show that the median household income is $114,764, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Bucks County is home to 123 public schools and about 81,956 public school students.
The nearest public school is Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 71.6% proficiency; Bridge Valley Elementary School posts 76.1%.
Bridge Valley Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 47 fewer students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Nearby schools
- Middle Bucks Institute of Technology0.8 mi · 25
- Jamison Elementary School1.7 mi · 599
- Kutz Elementary School2.1 mi · 436
- Warwick Elementary School2.2 mi · 502
- Tamanend Middle School2.7 mi · 901
- Linden Elementary School2.9 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Bridge Valley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bridge Valley Elementary School?
Bridge Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 617 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Bridge Valley Elementary School serve?
Bridge Valley Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Bridge Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Bridge Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Bridge Valley Elementary School?
Bridge Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bridge Valley Elementary School?
Bridge Valley Elementary School is overseen by Central Bucks SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.