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Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER MERION AREA SD·NCES 422448004832
Caley Elementary School
725 Caley Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 · (610) 205-3652 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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.
- 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
11.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
152 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 15% smaller than its 4th grade class (72).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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 Upper Merion Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.7% | 70.1% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Caley Elementary School
Caley Elementary School's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caley Elementary School this school | 372 | 40.9% | 69.4% |
| Inglewood Elementary School Lansdale | 408 | 40.7% | 60.1% |
| McAnnulty Elementary School Pittsburgh | 354 | 47.7% | N/A |
| Gulph Elementary School King of Prussia | 440 | 44.5% | 48.3% |
| East Ward Elementary School Downingtown | 549 | 30.4% | 72.6% |
| Kulp Elementary School Hatfield | 583 | 39.6% | 56.4% |
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 Caley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #301 of 1,396 | #41 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #480 of 1,511 ▼ 236 | #55 of 92 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #381 of 1,511 ▼ 59 | #50 of 92 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #997 of 1,638 | #75 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #277 of 1,528 | #19 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #40 of 1,531 | #7 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.9% | #1,144 of 1,600 | #32 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #699 of 1,045 | #45 of 61 |
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
372
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 372 | 32.8 | 11.4:1 | 41% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 32.8 | 13.2:1 | 35% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 31.8 | 13.1:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 18% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 29.5 | 13.9:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 4% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 24 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (409 to 372); teachers up 11% (29.5 to 32.8).
About Caley Elementary School
Caley Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. It reported 372 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 7 schools in Upper Merion Area SD, with 4,345 students enrolled.
About 39% of students at Caley Elementary School are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 26% Asian, 17% Black, 12% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 73% of Montgomery County residents are White. The diversity index for Caley Elementary School is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.4:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 41% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Montgomery County is similar, at 40%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Caley Elementary School outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Caley Elementary School are 9.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.4% actual, 60.1% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income comes to about $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 160, with about 115,302 students.
The closest school to Caley Elementary School is Upper Merion Area Middle School, located about 0.6 miles away. Caley Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Caley Elementary School at 1st of 7.
Caley Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 383 to 372. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.7:1 in 2020-21, and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Upper Merion Area SD
- Upper Merion Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,348 students
- Upper Merion Area High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- Gulph Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Candlebrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Bridgeport Elementary SchoolElementary · 254 students
Other schools in King of Prussia
- Agora Cyber CSCombined · 4,156 students
- Pennsylvania Virtual CSCombined · 2,772 students
- Upper Merion Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,348 students
- Upper Merion Area High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- Gulph Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Candlebrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Merion Area Middle School0.6 mi · 1,348
- Upper Merion Area High School0.7 mi · 1,326
- Candlebrook Elementary School1.0 mi · 313
- Pennsylvania Virtual CS1.4 mi · 2,772
- Agora Cyber CS1.4 mi · 4,156
- Marshall Street Elementary School2.1 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About Caley Elementary SchoolHow large is Caley Elementary School?
Caley Elementary School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-04.
Is Caley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Caley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Caley Elementary School have?
Caley Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is Caley Elementary School?
Caley Elementary School reports a student body of 39% White, 7% Hispanic, 17% Black, 26% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Caley Elementary School?
Caley Elementary School is overseen by Upper Merion Area SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.