Davenport El Sch

Davenport El Sch is an elementary campus of intimate scale in Norristown, Pennsylvania, part of Norristown Area SD, caters to 361 students in grades 1 through 4.

Norristown Area SD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,617 students. Davenport El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Davenport El Sch reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 19% Black, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 102% of students at Davenport El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Davenport El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Davenport El Sch is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students).

Roosevelt Campus of the Norristown Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Davenport El Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 361 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 59% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.