Fort Washington El Sch

Fort Washington El Sch operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Upper Dublin SD. Current enrollment sits at 518 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Upper Dublin SD, which oversees 6 schools and 4,089 students, Fort Washington El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Fort Washington El Sch lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Fort Washington El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 89.3%.

Across the wider county, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Fort Washington El Sch is one.

Upper Dublin HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fort Washington El Sch. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fort Washington El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 74.8%.

Fort Washington El Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Washington El Sch has rose 8%, going from 481 students in 2018 to 518 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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