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If you could change one rule at Buckingham El Sch, what would it be?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL BUCKS SD·NCES 420531001044
Buckingham Elementary School
Box 158 2414 Durham Road, Buckingham, PA 18912 · (267) 893-4200 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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
13.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
51 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 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 40% smaller than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
28%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
80.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.9% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.2% | 65.1% |
% 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
76.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% 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 Buckingham Elementary School
Buckingham Elementary School's state test result (76.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Elementary School this school | 442 | 11.5% | 76.7% |
| Hopewell Elementary School Center Valley | 426 | 13.8% | 75.6% |
| Doyle Elementary School Doylestown | 409 | 15.9% | 78.3% |
| Kutz Elementary School Doylestown | 436 | 8.3% | 78.4% |
| Gayman Elementary School Doylestown | 390 | 7.7% | 80.3% |
| Whitemarsh Elementary School Lafayette Hill | 511 | 12.7% | 82.5% |
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 Buckingham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #168 of 1,396 | #14 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #209 of 1,511 ▲ 143 | #19 of 72 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #58 of 1,511 ▲ 61 | #6 of 72 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #710 of 1,638 | #41 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #804 of 1,528 | #40 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #1,017 of 1,531 | #64 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.5% | #1,544 of 1,600 | #62 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #901 of 1,045 | #45 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
442
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
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 | 442 | 33.6 | 13.2:1 | 12% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 29.4 | 15.2:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 32.3 | 13.9:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 33.7 | 13.6:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 634 | 38 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckingham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (459 to 442); teachers unchanged (33.7 to 33.6).
About Buckingham Elementary School
Federal records list Buckingham Elementary School as an elementary school in Buckingham, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 442 students, from kindergarten through 6.
Buckingham Elementary School belongs to Central Bucks SD, a district of 23 schools and 16,879 students.
Buckingham Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 84% White. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share in Bucks County as a whole is similar, at about 81%. The chance that two students picked at random at Buckingham Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
The school has about 13.2 students per teacher and 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 28 points below the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County.
Buckingham Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 72.7% at Buckingham Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 76.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bucks County show that median household income is about $114,764, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. A total of 123 public schools operate in Bucks County, serving about 81,956 students.
Of nearby public schools, Central Bucks HS-East is the closest, at about 1.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Buckingham Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Buckingham Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Buckingham Elementary School enrolled 444; in 2024-25, 442. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.2:1) than in 2020-21 (12.0:1).
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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
Other Buckingham Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Buckingham Elementary. Buckingham Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Buckingham ElementaryBerlin, MD · 518 students
- Buckingham Elementary SchoolBend, OR · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Central Bucks HS-East1.3 mi · 1,374
- Holicong Middle School1.4 mi · 907
- Linden Elementary School3.1 mi · 353
- Bridge Valley Elementary School3.2 mi · 617
- Cold Spring Elementary School3.3 mi · 470
- Middle Bucks Institute of Technology3.8 mi · 25
Frequently asked questions
About Buckingham Elementary SchoolHow large is Buckingham Elementary School?
Buckingham Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Buckingham Elementary School serve?
Buckingham Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Buckingham Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Buckingham Elementary School.
How diverse is Buckingham Elementary School?
Buckingham Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Buckingham Elementary School?
Buckingham 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.