Cold Spring El Sch

Set in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Cold Spring El Sch is a mid-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Central Bucks SD. It instructs 470 students across grades K through 6.

Central Bucks SD comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 16,879 students; Cold Spring El Sch is among them.

On demographics, Cold Spring El Sch logs that nearly all students (80%) are White; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Cold Spring El Sch shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bucks County (around 40%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Cold Spring El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.9%.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Bucks County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), of which Cold Spring El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Gayman El Sch, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cold Spring El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cold Spring El Sch at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 74.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.