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Enrollment
860
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABINGTON SD·NCES 420204000620
Copper Beech School
825 N Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038 · (215) 881-2000 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL860 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
14.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
257 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (149).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Abington SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
59.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 57.0% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Copper Beech School
Copper Beech School's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Beech School this school | 860 | 29.9% | 66.0% |
| Muse Elementary School Muse | 759 | 31.6% | 71.2% |
| Colonial Elementary School Plymouth Meeting | 857 | 22.9% | 79.5% |
| Schuylkill Valley Elementary School Leesport | 744 | 37.2% | 53.9% |
| Roundtown Elementary School York | 573 | 30.5% | 72.6% |
| Elmwood Academy Mechanicsburg | 712 | 40.3% | 59.5% |
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 Copper Beech School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #414 of 1,396 | #52 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #552 of 1,511 ▲ 13 | #67 of 92 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #332 of 1,511 ▼ 33 | #45 of 92 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 860 | #55 of 1,638 | #2 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,099 of 1,528 | #77 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #498 of 1,531 | #63 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #1,328 of 1,600 | #52 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #193 of 1,045 | #11 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
860
-227 (-21%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 1,023
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 860 | 60.9 | 14.1:1 | 30% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 878 | 66.2 | 13.3:1 | 29% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 918 | 66.2 | 13.9:1 | 28% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 1,087 | 81 | 13.4:1 | 21% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 1,128 | 70.8 | 15.9:1 | 20% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 1,077 | 71 | 15.2:1 | 19% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 1,023 | 69 | 14.8:1 | 18% (180) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Copper Beech School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,128 to 860); teachers down 14% (70.8 to 60.9).
About Copper Beech School
Copper Beech School is an elementary school in Glenside, Pennsylvania, reachable at (215) 881-2000. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 860 students enrolled. It has 94% more students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Besides Copper Beech School, Abington SD runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 8,400 students.
At Copper Beech School, 67% of students are White. The school is also 14% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The diversity index for Copper Beech School is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 60.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Copper Beech School, 30% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Copper Beech School lands at B, ahead of 59% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Copper Beech School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.0% is 1.2 points above the 64.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that the median household earns about $113,915 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County has 160 public schools with about 115,302 students, including Copper Beech School.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Abington SHS, is the closest to Copper Beech School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Copper Beech School is ahead of the 63.5% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 1,087 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 860 by 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Copper Beech School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Abington SD
- Abington SHSHigh · 2,692 students
- Abington Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,044 students
- McKinley SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Rydal Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Highland SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Overlook SchoolElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Abington SHS0.4 mi · 2,692
- Abington Middle School0.5 mi · 2,044
- Roslyn School0.8 mi · 400
- Highland School1.0 mi · 452
- Jenkintown Elementary School1.3 mi · 401
- Jenkintown Middle/High School1.3 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Copper Beech SchoolHow many students attend Copper Beech School?
Copper Beech School enrolls approximately 860 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Copper Beech School serve?
Copper Beech School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Copper Beech School have?
Copper Beech School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is Copper Beech School?
Copper Beech School reports a student body of 67% White, 9% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Copper Beech School in?
Copper Beech School is part of Abington SD.
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