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How has Gladwyne Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWER MERION SD·NCES 421416003291
Gladwyne School
230 West Righters Mill Rd, Gladwyne, PA 19035 · (610) 645-1440 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A-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
13.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
68 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 45% smaller than its 4th grade class (137).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
78.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.1% | 85.8% |
% 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
85.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Gladwyne School
Gladwyne School's state test result (85.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladwyne School this school | 556 | 12.2% | 85.2% |
| Springfield Literacy Center Springfield | 574 | 11.5% | N/A |
| Edgewood Elementary School Yardley | 557 | 11.1% | 81.7% |
| Chatham Park Elementary School Havertown | 582 | 15.6% | 83.4% |
| Fort Washington Elementary School Fort Washington | 518 | 11.0% | 89.3% |
| Swarthmore-Rutledge School Swarthmore | 560 | 11.1% | 85.8% |
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 Gladwyne School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #37 of 1,396 | #6 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #49 of 1,511 ▼ 26 | #7 of 92 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #87 of 1,511 ▼ 27 | #12 of 92 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #370 of 1,638 | #25 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #903 of 1,528 | #65 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #673 of 1,531 | #81 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.2% | #1,537 of 1,600 | #92 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #186 of 1,045 | #10 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
556
-143 (-20%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 556 | 41.3 | 13.5:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 43.3 | 12.6:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 43.6 | 12.4:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 55 | 12.7:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 54.1 | 13.6:1 | 8% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 54 | 13.8:1 | 8% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 43 | 14.0:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 5% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 35 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gladwyne School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (734 to 556); teachers down 24% (54.1 to 41.3).
About Gladwyne School
Located in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, Gladwyne School is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 556 students in kindergarten through 4. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 443.
Gladwyne School falls under Lower Merion SD, which has 11 schools enrolling 8,533 students.
The largest group at Gladwyne School is White students, at 74%. Other groups make up 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. Montgomery County residents are about 73% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Gladwyne School is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Gladwyne School has 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. At Gladwyne School, 12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Montgomery County is 40%.
Gladwyne School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Gladwyne School's results are 12.8 points above predicted: 85.2% against 72.4%.
For the population of Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montgomery County counts 160 public schools with about 115,302 students.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, Penn Valley School, is the closest to Gladwyne School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gladwyne School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Gladwyne School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Gladwyne School enrolled 699 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 556.
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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 Lower Merion SD
- Lower Merion High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Harriton SHSHigh · 1,239 students
- Black Rock Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,077 students
- Bala-Cynwyd Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Welsh Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Penn Wynne SchoolElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Penn Valley School1.1 mi · 542
- Welsh Valley Middle School1.3 mi · 788
- Lower Merion High School1.6 mi · 1,674
- Harriton SHS2.1 mi · 1,239
- Belmont Hills Elementary School2.3 mi · 358
- Bala-Cynwyd Middle School2.4 mi · 794
Frequently asked questions
About Gladwyne SchoolHow many students attend Gladwyne School?
Gladwyne School enrolls approximately 556 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Gladwyne School serve?
Gladwyne School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Gladwyne School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Gladwyne School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gladwyne School?
At Gladwyne School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Gladwyne School public or private?
Gladwyne School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lower Merion SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.