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If you could change one rule at Cheltenham El Sch, what would it be?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHELTENHAM SD·NCES 420576003250
Cheltenham Elementary School
7853 Front Street, Cheltenham, PA 19012 · (215) 635-7415 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest 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
12.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
234 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 26% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 42% smaller than its 4th grade class (104).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 Cheltenham SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.3pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 36.9% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Cheltenham Elementary School
Cheltenham Elementary School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Elementary School this school | 406 | 57.6% | 42.8% |
| Myers Elementary School Elkins Park | 310 | 55.2% | 66.1% |
| Wyncote Elementary School Wyncote | 373 | 43.7% | 65.0% |
| Glenside Elementary School Glenside | 360 | 45.6% | 64.1% |
| Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS Harrisburg | 360 | 77.5% | 32.7% |
| Hamilton Elementary School Carlisle | 388 | 68.6% | 43.9% |
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 Cheltenham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #1,024 of 1,396 | #84 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,066 of 1,511 ▼ 57 | #87 of 92 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #1,132 of 1,511 ▼ 111 | #86 of 92 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #856 of 1,638 | #65 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #467 of 1,528 | #38 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #218 of 1,531 | #29 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #853 of 1,600 | #19 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #400 of 1,045 | #27 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
406
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 406 | 33.5 | 12.1:1 | 58% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 32.7 | 12.9:1 | 56% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 32.7 | 12.3:1 | 52% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 46% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 30.7 | 15.8:1 | 24% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 31% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 12% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 29 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheltenham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (486 to 406); teachers up 9% (30.7 to 33.5).
About Cheltenham Elementary School
Cheltenham Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Cheltenham. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 4, with 406 students enrolled.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in Cheltenham SD totals 4,140 students.
At Cheltenham Elementary School, Black students make up 55% of the student body. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 14% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The school's Black share is 45 points above the 9% share among Montgomery County residents. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cheltenham Elementary School and a ratio of 12.1:1. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 58% of students. That is 18 points above the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
The allk12 Grade for Cheltenham Elementary School is C-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cheltenham Elementary School is 10.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.8% actual, 52.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cheltenham Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Cheltenham Elementary School is Elkins Park School, about 0.7 miles away. Cheltenham Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Cheltenham Elementary School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Cheltenham Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Cheltenham Elementary School had 389 students, to 2024-25, when it had 406.
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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 Cheltenham SD
- Cheltenham High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
- Cedarbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Elkins Park SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Wyncote Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Glenside Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other Cheltenham Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cheltenham Elementary. Cheltenham Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Cheltenham Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Elkins Park School0.7 mi · 569
- MaST Community CS II1.0 mi · 1,875
- Myers Elementary School1.0 mi · 310
- ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber CS1.1 mi · 1,038
- Eugenio Maria DE Hostos CS1.1 mi · 631
- Franklin Benjamin School1.2 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Cheltenham Elementary SchoolHow large is Cheltenham Elementary School?
Cheltenham Elementary School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-04.
Is Cheltenham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cheltenham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cheltenham Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cheltenham Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cheltenham Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cheltenham Elementary School are roughly 14% White, 15% Hispanic, 55% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Cheltenham Elementary School in?
Cheltenham Elementary School is part of Cheltenham SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.