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What's something Hereford El Sch does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER PERKIOMEN SD·NCES 422454007246
Hereford Elementary School
1043 Gravel Pike, Hereford, PA 18056 · (215) 679-4151 · Berks County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
13.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
251 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 127 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 25% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hereford Elementary School→Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade Center→Upper Perkiomen Middle School→Upper Perkiomen High School
Based on grade levels within Upper Perkiomen SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
62.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 51.2% |
% 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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Hereford Elementary School
Hereford Elementary School's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford Elementary School this school | 504 | 49.8% | 54.7% |
| ELCO Intermd School Myerstown | 505 | 49.3% | 49.9% |
| Valley View El Center Peckville | 522 | 50.0% | N/A |
| Denver Elementary School Denver | 460 | 50.0% | 75.1% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Montgomery | 504 | 50.2% | 56.0% |
| Red Mill Elementary School Etters | 457 | 45.7% | 71.3% |
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 Hereford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #741 of 1,396 | #19 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #463 of 1,511 ▲ 263 | #7 of 47 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #752 of 1,511 ▲ 17 | #18 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #522 of 1,638 | #23 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #947 of 1,528 | #29 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.2% | #994 of 1,531 | #30 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #1,007 of 1,600 | #25 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.5% | #22 of 1,045 | #1 of 33 |
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
504
+37 (+8%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 504 | 37.1 | 13.6:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 36.9 | 14.5:1 | 47% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 36.7 | 13.8:1 | 44% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 38% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 876 | 50.6 | 17.3:1 | 34% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 50 | 17.4:1 | 31% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 25% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 26 | 20.2:1 | 20% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 29 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hereford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (876 to 504); teachers down 27% (50.6 to 37.1).
About Hereford Elementary School
Hereford Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Hereford, Pennsylvania. It is open to students in kindergarten through 3 and enrolls 504 students.
Hereford Elementary School is one school in a 5-school district, Upper Perkiomen SD, which enrolls 3,072 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hereford Elementary School is 84% White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 70% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
Staffing at Hereford Elementary School comes to 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Berks County report 67%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Hereford Elementary School outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Hereford Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.7%, compared with a predicted 56.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Berks County, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Berks County has 95 public schools with about 62,375 students, including Hereford Elementary School.
About 3.0 miles separate Hereford Elementary School from the closest public school, Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade Center. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Hereford Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Hereford Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 467 to 504, an 8% rise. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.1:1).
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Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upper Perkiomen SD
- Upper Perkiomen High SchoolHigh · 1,021 students
- Upper Perkiomen Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade CenterElementary · 466 students
- Marlborough Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Other Hereford Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hereford Elementary. Hereford Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Hereford Elementary - 08Hereford, SD · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade Center3.0 mi · 466
- Washington Elementary School4.1 mi · 479
- Upper Perkiomen Middle School4.6 mi · 672
- Upper Perkiomen High School5.0 mi · 1,021
- Shoemaker Elementary School5.1 mi · 537
- Macungie Elementary School5.1 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Hereford Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hereford Elementary School?
Hereford Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Hereford Elementary School serve?
Hereford Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at Hereford Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Hereford Elementary School.
How diverse is Hereford Elementary School?
Hereford Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hereford Elementary School?
Hereford Elementary School is overseen by Upper Perkiomen SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.