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Enrollment
857
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLONIAL SD·NCES 421947007176
Colonial Elementary School
230 Flourtown Rd, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 · (610) 941-0426 · Montgomery County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
196 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 428 | 50% |
| Grade 5 | 429 | 50% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Colonial SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
80.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.2% | 80.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.3% | 77.9% |
% 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
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Colonial Elementary School
Colonial Elementary School's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Elementary School this school | 857 | 22.9% | 79.5% |
| Haine Elementary School Cranberry Twp | 791 | 25.8% | 69.3% |
| Franklin Regional Intermediate School Murrysville | 789 | 21.8% | 76.9% |
| Fairview Elementary School Fairview | 707 | 25.9% | 78.0% |
| Groveland Elementary School Doylestown | 763 | 20.4% | 63.2% |
| McKnight Elementary School Pittsburgh | 875 | 15.1% | 80.0% |
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 Colonial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #118 of 1,396 | #16 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #98 of 1,511 ▲ 16 | #15 of 92 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #175 of 1,511 ▼ 24 | #23 of 92 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #56 of 1,638 | #3 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,191 of 1,528 | #85 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #604 of 1,531 | #73 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #1,408 of 1,600 | #64 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #320 of 450 | #27 of 30 |
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
857
+28 (+3%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 857 | 58.6 | 14.6:1 | 23% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 845 | 59.6 | 14.2:1 | 23% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 811 | N/A | N/A | 24% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 829 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 24% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 55.6 | 14.8:1 | 25% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 51 | 13.4:1 | 25% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 16% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 36 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colonial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (822 to 857); teachers up 5% (55.6 to 58.6).
About Colonial Elementary School
Colonial Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Plymouth Meeting. Students in grades 4 through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 857 students. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 93% bigger than that.
District-wide, Colonial SD has 7 schools and 5,657 students.
At Colonial Elementary School, White students make up 71% of the student body. The next largest groups are 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, 6% Black, and 6% Hispanic. County-wide, about 73% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Colonial Elementary School is 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. About 23% of students, or 196, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Colonial Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Colonial Elementary School, the prediction is 67.8% and the result is 79.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $113,915, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Colonial Elementary School, Montgomery County has 159 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Colonial Elementary School is 4th among 7 schools close by.
Colonial Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 829.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Colonial SD
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHSHigh · 1,637 students
- Colonial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,268 students
- Plymouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Ridge Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 525 students
- Whitemarsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Conshohocken Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
Other schools in Plymouth Meeting
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHSHigh · 1,637 students
- Colonial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,268 students
- Plymouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Central Montco Technical High SchoolHigh · 3 students
Other Colonial Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Colonial Elementary. Colonial Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- COLONIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 661 students
- Colonial ElementaryTroutville, VA · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS0.3 mi · 1,637
- Whitemarsh Elementary School0.7 mi · 511
- Ridge Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 525
- Plymouth Elementary School1.8 mi · 612
- Conshohocken Elementary School2.7 mi · 247
- Colonial Middle School2.8 mi · 1,268
Frequently asked questions
About Colonial Elementary SchoolHow large is Colonial Elementary School?
Colonial Elementary School enrolls approximately 857 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Colonial Elementary School serve?
Colonial Elementary School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Colonial Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Colonial Elementary School.
How diverse is Colonial Elementary School?
Colonial Elementary School reports a student body of 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Colonial Elementary School public or private?
Colonial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colonial SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.