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Enrollment
569
Middle
DISTRICT 621 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHELTENHAM SD·NCES 420576003257
Elkins Park School
8149 New Second St, Elkins Park, PA 19027 · (215) 881-4941 · Montgomery County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
306 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 294 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 275 | 48% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 Cheltenham SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 44.7% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Elkins Park School
Elkins Park School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkins Park School this school | 569 | 53.8% | 47.4% |
| Cedarbrook Middle School Wyncote | 672 | 49.6% | 43.3% |
| Dickson Prep STEAM Academy Swissvale | 579 | 80.3% | 19.9% |
| Chichester Middle School Boothwyn | 873 | 67.5% | 33.6% |
| J T Lambert Intermediate School East Stroudsburg | 907 | 56.1% | 33.7% |
| Camp Curtin Academy Harrisburg | 724 | 64.9% | 6.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Elkins Park School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #249 of 479 | #26 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #148 of 513 ▲ 12 | #21 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #313 of 513 ▲ 9 | #29 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #252 of 522 | #32 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #53 of 486 | #7 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #68 of 486 | #9 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #229 of 510 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #44 of 332 | #2 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
569
-83 (-13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 569 | 52 | 10.9:1 | 54% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 52.5 | 11.4:1 | 51% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 51.5 | 12.2:1 | 46% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 49 | 13.3:1 | 41% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 54.6 | 13.4:1 | 30% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 57 | 12.0:1 | 32% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 59 | 12.0:1 | 21% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 824 | 61 | 13.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 47 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elkins Park School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (734 to 569); teachers down 5% (54.6 to 52).
About Elkins Park School
Elkins Park School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. Its address is in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. The school's 569 students are in grades 5 through 6.
The Cheltenham SD system has 7 schools and 4,140 students.
Elkins Park School is 55% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 24% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 9% Black among all Montgomery County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. That is lower than the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 54%. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 14 points lower.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Elkins Park School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Elkins Park School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.4%, compared with a predicted 54.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Montgomery County, the median household income is $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 160 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 115,302 students in all.
The school nearest to Elkins Park School is Cheltenham Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Elkins Park School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Elkins Park School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 569, a 13% decrease from 652 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 13.3:1 to 10.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Elkins Park School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Cheltenham SD
- Cheltenham High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
- Cedarbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Cheltenham Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Wyncote Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Glenside Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other schools in Elkins Park
- McKinley SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Cheltenham Elementary School0.7 mi · 406
- Myers Elementary School0.7 mi · 310
- McKinley School0.9 mi · 596
- Eugenio Maria DE Hostos CS1.6 mi · 631
- ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber CS1.6 mi · 1,038
- MaST Community CS II1.7 mi · 1,875
Frequently asked questions
About Elkins Park SchoolHow many students attend Elkins Park School?
Elkins Park School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades 05-06.
Is Elkins Park School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elkins Park School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Elkins Park School have?
Elkins Park School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Elkins Park School?
Student demographics at Elkins Park School are roughly 24% White, 8% Hispanic, 55% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Elkins Park School?
Elkins Park School is overseen by Cheltenham SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.