General Nash El Sch

Set in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, General Nash El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, operated by North Penn SD. It instructs 465 students across grades K through 6.

Across the 17 schools in North Penn SD (12,817 students total), General Nash El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, General Nash El Sch lists that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, General Nash El Sch has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), General Nash El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.0%, the actual is 72.9%, a residual of +2.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that median household income runs about $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which General Nash El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: North Montco Technical Career Center, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around General Nash El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts General Nash El Sch at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 67.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. General Nash El Sch's enrollment has grew 25% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 465). White enrollment moved from 74% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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