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Enrollment
663
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PENN SD·NCES 421728004831
Gwyn-Nor Elementary School
139 Hancock Road, North Wales, PA 19454 · (215) 368-7105 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
215 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
57.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.4% | 54.1% |
% 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Gwyn-Nor Elementary School
Gwyn-Nor Elementary School's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwyn-Nor Elementary School this school | 663 | 32.4% | 61.8% |
| East Ward Elementary School Downingtown | 549 | 30.4% | 72.6% |
| Hampden Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 538 | 29.6% | 71.2% |
| Pine Road Elementary School Huntingdon Valley | 628 | 36.8% | 73.4% |
| Walton Farm Elementary School Lansdale | 566 | 33.9% | 70.6% |
| Silver Spring Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 528 | 30.9% | 67.1% |
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 Gwyn-Nor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #528 of 1,396 | #65 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #370 of 1,511 ▲ 267 | #46 of 92 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #498 of 1,511 ▲ 143 | #59 of 92 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #176 of 1,638 | #5 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,190 of 1,528 | #84 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #123 of 1,531 | #14 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #1,295 of 1,600 | #48 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #194 of 450 | #17 of 30 |
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
663
+93 (+16%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 663 | 45.4 | 14.6:1 | 32% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 34% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 42.2 | 14.3:1 | 34% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 35% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 39.8 | 15.3:1 | 32% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 25% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 5% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 38 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gwyn-Nor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (608 to 663); teachers up 14% (39.8 to 45.4).
About Gwyn-Nor Elementary School
Gwyn-Nor Elementary School is an elementary school in North Wales, Pennsylvania, reachable at (215) 368-7105. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 663 students. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 50% higher.
North Penn SD has 12,817 students in 17 schools, and Gwyn-Nor Elementary School is one of those schools.
The most common group at Gwyn-Nor Elementary School is White students, at 47%. Enrollment also includes 26% Asian, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Montgomery County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 32%.
The allk12 Grade for Gwyn-Nor Elementary School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.7%. Gwyn-Nor Elementary School scores 61.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 160 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 115,302 students in all.
The closest other public school is Pennbrook Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Gwyn-Nor Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Gwyn-Nor Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 93 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.6 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 in 2020-21.
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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 North Penn SD
- North Penn SHSHigh · 3,165 students
- Penndale Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Pennfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Pennbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
Other schools in North Wales
- Pennbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- North Wales Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
Nearby schools
- Pennbrook Middle School0.3 mi · 767
- North Wales Elementary School0.9 mi · 484
- Knapp Elementary School1.2 mi · 633
- Penndale Middle School1.3 mi · 1,171
- York Avenue Elementary School2.3 mi · 291
- Gwynedd Square Elementary School2.4 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Gwyn-Nor Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gwyn-Nor Elementary School?
Gwyn-Nor Elementary School enrolls approximately 663 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Gwyn-Nor Elementary School serve?
Gwyn-Nor Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Gwyn-Nor Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Gwyn-Nor Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Gwyn-Nor Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gwyn-Nor Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 8% Hispanic, 10% Black, 26% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Gwyn-Nor Elementary School in?
Gwyn-Nor Elementary School is part of North Penn SD.
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