Gilbertsville El Sch

Located at 36 Congo Rd, in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, Gilbertsville El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that hosts 517 students (grades K through 5), run under Boyertown Area SD.

Across the 9 schools in Boyertown Area SD (6,300 students total), Gilbertsville El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Gilbertsville El Sch lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gilbertsville El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.2%, the actual is 59.3%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Gilbertsville El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Boyertown El Sch, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gilbertsville El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.0%.

Gilbertsville El Sch operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 517 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 87% to 81%.

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