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What's the biggest difference between Edgewood El Sch and what you expected?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSBURY SD·NCES 421884004853
Edgewood Elementary School
899 Oxford Valley Rd, Yardley, PA 19067 · (215) 321-2410 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
62 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.9pp since 2023
Math
76.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.0pp 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 77 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 76.7% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 85.7% |
% 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
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Edgewood Elementary School
Edgewood Elementary School's state test result (81.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Elementary School this school | 557 | 11.1% | 81.7% |
| Springton Manor Elementary School Glenmoore | 555 | 11.9% | 75.4% |
| Swarthmore-Rutledge School Swarthmore | 560 | 11.1% | 85.8% |
| Fort Washington Elementary School Fort Washington | 518 | 11.0% | 89.3% |
| Springfield Literacy Center Springfield | 574 | 11.5% | N/A |
| Gladwyne School Gladwyne | 556 | 12.2% | 85.2% |
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 Edgewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #79 of 1,396 | #3 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #162 of 1,511 ▼ 138 | #10 of 72 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #178 of 1,511 ▼ 137 | #16 of 72 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #364 of 1,638 | #25 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #478 of 1,528 | #21 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #836 of 1,531 | #46 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #1,554 of 1,600 | #65 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #957 of 1,045 | #48 of 50 |
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
557
+56 (+11%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 557 | 45.9 | 12.1:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 48.2 | 11.1:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 45 | 12.3:1 | 12% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 44.5 | 12.8:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 45 | 11.7:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 732 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 2% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 789 | 42 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (570 to 557); teachers up 3% (44.5 to 45.9).
About Edgewood Elementary School
Students in Yardley, Pennsylvania, attend Edgewood Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 557 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 26% above the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Edgewood Elementary School falls under Pennsbury SD, which has 14 schools enrolling 9,435 students.
More than half of enrollment at Edgewood Elementary School is White: 79%. The next largest groups are 7% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. In Bucks County overall, the White share is about 81%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
For every teacher at Edgewood Elementary School, there are about 12.1 students; the school has 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 11%. Across public schools in Bucks County, the average is 40%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Edgewood Elementary School outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Edgewood Elementary School would be expected to post about 72.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 81.7%.
In the wider Bucks County area, the median household earns about $114,764 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Edgewood Elementary School shares Bucks County with 122 other public schools.
Edgewood Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Makefield Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Edgewood Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 501 (2020-21) to 557 (2024-25).
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pennsbury SD
- Pennsbury High SchoolHigh · 2,847 students
- William Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in Yardley
- William Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Quarry Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Makefield Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
Other Edgewood Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Edgewood Elementary. Edgewood Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 18.
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolFolsom, PA · 347 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolHomewood, AL · 935 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolFRUITPORT, MI · 585 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 503 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolMarysville, OH · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Makefield Elementary School0.9 mi · 397
- William Penn Middle School1.0 mi · 904
- Pennwood Middle School1.2 mi · 740
- Charles H Boehm Middle School1.3 mi · 651
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School1.8 mi · 583
- The Village Charter School2.0 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Edgewood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Edgewood Elementary School?
Edgewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-05.
Is Edgewood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edgewood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Edgewood Elementary School have?
Edgewood Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Edgewood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Edgewood Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgewood Elementary School?
Edgewood Elementary School is overseen by Pennsbury SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.