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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUDERTON AREA SD·NCES 422187003266
Franconia Elementary School
366 Harleysville Pike, Souderton, PA 18964 · (215) 723-2596 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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
10.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
142 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
62.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.6% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 63.2% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Franconia Elementary School
Franconia Elementary School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franconia Elementary School this school | 426 | 33.3% | 68.0% |
| Fishing Creek Elementary School Lewisberry | 431 | 34.8% | 62.8% |
| Hallowell Elementary School Horsham | 438 | 37.0% | 56.8% |
| Conrad Weiser East Elementary School Wernersville | 449 | 36.7% | 61.8% |
| East Coventry Elementary School Pottstown | 479 | 29.4% | 73.4% |
| Schuylkill Elementary School Phoenixville | 418 | 29.2% | 66.0% |
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 Franconia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #352 of 1,396 | #48 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #249 of 1,511 ▲ 148 | #36 of 92 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #366 of 1,511 ▲ 176 | #48 of 92 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #774 of 1,638 | #60 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #135 of 1,528 | #7 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #650 of 1,531 | #78 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #1,284 of 1,600 | #46 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #506 of 1,045 | #33 of 61 |
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
426
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 426 | 40.7 | 10.5:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 36 | 11.2:1 | 35% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 40 | 10.4:1 | 33% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 38 | 11.1:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 34.6 | 14.2:1 | 29% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 26% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 31 | 18.5:1 | 7% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 19 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franconia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (492 to 426); teachers up 18% (34.6 to 40.7).
About Franconia Elementary School
Students in Souderton, Pennsylvania, attend Franconia Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 426 students in kindergarten through 5.
Souderton Area SD (9 schools, 5,974 students) runs Franconia Elementary School.
At Franconia Elementary School, 73% of students are White. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Montgomery County at about 73% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Franconia Elementary School scores 45%.
Franconia Elementary School lists 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 2.6 students per teacher. About 33% of students at Franconia Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Franconia Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Franconia Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 68.0% actual against 63.3% predicted.
For Montgomery County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $113,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 160 public schools in the county, enrolling about 115,302, Franconia Elementary School among them.
Indian Crest Middle School is the nearest public school to Franconia Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Franconia Elementary School is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
Franconia Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 426, starting from 422.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Souderton Area SD
- Souderton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,121 students
- Indian Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Indian Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Vernfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Salford Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other schools in Souderton
- Souderton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,121 students
- Indian Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- West Broad Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- E M Crouthamel Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Souderton CS CollaborativeElementary · 250 students
Other Franconia Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Franconia Elementary. Franconia Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Franconia ElementaryAlexandria, VA · 492 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Crest Middle School0.9 mi · 607
- Souderton Area High School1.1 mi · 2,121
- West Broad Street Elementary School1.4 mi · 378
- Souderton CS Collaborative1.7 mi · 250
- E M Crouthamel Elementary School2.1 mi · 325
- Indian Valley Middle School2.3 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About Franconia Elementary SchoolHow large is Franconia Elementary School?
Franconia Elementary School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Franconia Elementary School serve?
Franconia Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Franconia Elementary School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Franconia Elementary School.
How diverse is Franconia Elementary School?
Franconia Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Franconia Elementary School?
Franconia Elementary School is overseen by Souderton Area SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.