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Buckingham El Sch
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Buckingham El Sch
Buckingham El Sch is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Central Bucks SD, caters to 442 students in grades K through 6.
Within Central Bucks SD, which oversees 23 schools and 16,879 students, Buckingham El Sch is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Buckingham El Sch logs that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Bucks County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Bucks County's rate of about 40%.
After controlling for student poverty, Buckingham El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.7%.
In the area at large, Bucks County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,764, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bucks County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), Buckingham El Sch is one campus in the mix.
Central Bucks HS-East is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buckingham El Sch. On composite proficiency, Buckingham El Sch comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 77.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 459 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 3% to 8% over that span.
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