Colonial El Sch

Colonial El Sch, an expansive elementary campus in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, operated by Colonial SD, educates 857 students, covering grades 4 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 93% bigger than typical.

Colonial SD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 5,657 students. Colonial El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Colonial El Sch logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Colonial El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Colonial El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.8%, the actual is 79.5%, a residual of +11.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Colonial El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Colonial El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 77.6%.

Colonial El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Colonial El Sch has ticked up 4%, going from 822 students in 2018 to 857 in 2025.

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