Grasse El Sch

Grasse El Sch is a primary school of average-sized scale in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, run under Pennridge SD, enrolling 394 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 11 schools in Pennridge SD (5,968 students total), Grasse El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Grasse El Sch shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Bucks County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Bucks County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grasse El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.7%.

Around the school, Bucks County reports that the typical household earns roughly $114,764 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Bucks County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), Grasse El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pennridge Central MS, roughly 1.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grasse El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grasse El Sch at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.1%.

Grasse El Sch operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Grasse El Sch's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 394). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 80% to 72%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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