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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER DUBLIN SD·NCES 422439005251
Fort Washington Elementary School
Highland & Fort Washington Aves, Fort Washington, PA 19034 · (215) 643-8961 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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.
- ABeats 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
12.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
57 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Upper Dublin SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
88.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
91.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.7% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.3% | 86.4% |
% 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
89.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% 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 Fort Washington Elementary School
Fort Washington Elementary School's state test result (89.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Washington Elementary School this school | 518 | 11.0% | 89.3% |
| Swarthmore-Rutledge School Swarthmore | 560 | 11.1% | 85.8% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Yardley | 557 | 11.1% | 81.7% |
| Springfield Literacy Center Springfield | 574 | 11.5% | N/A |
| Coopertown Elementary School Bryn Mawr | 471 | 10.0% | 87.3% |
| Maple Glen Elementary School Maple Glen | 452 | 12.2% | 84.4% |
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 Fort Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.3% | #13 of 1,396 | #2 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #11 of 1,511 ▲ 10 | #2 of 92 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #11 of 1,511 ▲ 17 | #2 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #484 of 1,638 | #32 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #670 of 1,528 | #54 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #764 of 1,531 | #84 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #1,558 of 1,600 | #95 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #232 of 450 | #22 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
518
+63 (+14%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 518 | 40.9 | 12.7:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 38.4 | 13.0:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 38.1 | 13.1:1 | 13% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 42.9 | 11.2:1 | 13% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 6% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 35 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (481 to 518); teachers down 5% (42.9 to 40.9).
About Fort Washington Elementary School
Fort Washington Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 518 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Fort Washington Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Upper Dublin SD, which enrolls 4,089 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Fort Washington Elementary School is 77% White. The school is also 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Black. For comparison, Montgomery County is about 73% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Fort Washington Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
The school reports 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 11%. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 29 points higher.
Fort Washington Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Fort Washington Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 89.3%, compared with a predicted 72.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Montgomery County (population about 867,573), median household income is about $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Fort Washington Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 115,302 students.
Nearby, Upper Dublin High School is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Fort Washington Elementary School is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Fort Washington Elementary School saw enrollment rise 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Upper Dublin SD
- Upper Dublin High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Sandy Run Middle SchoolMiddle · 962 students
- Jarrettown Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Maple Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Thomas Fitzwater Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other schools in Fort Washington
- Upper Dublin High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
Other Fort Washington Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fort Washington Elementary. Fort Washington Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Fort Washington ElementaryFresno, CA · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Dublin High School0.3 mi · 1,272
- Maple Glen Elementary School1.4 mi · 452
- Jarrettown Elementary School1.7 mi · 454
- Wissahickon Middle School2.0 mi · 1,208
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary School2.1 mi · 630
- Wissahickon SHS2.1 mi · 1,480
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Washington Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fort Washington Elementary School?
Fort Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fort Washington Elementary School serve?
Fort Washington Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Fort Washington Elementary School have?
Fort Washington Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Fort Washington Elementary School?
Fort Washington Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Fort Washington Elementary School public or private?
Fort Washington Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Upper Dublin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.