1
Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PENN SD·NCES 421728003309
Knapp Elementary School
698 Knapp Road, Lansdale, PA 19446 · (215) 368-2054 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
- BBeats 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
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
359 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 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 40% larger than its 6th grade class (67).
Student demographics
70%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
56.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
61.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 50.9% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Knapp Elementary School
Knapp Elementary School's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knapp Elementary School this school | 633 | 56.7% | 58.5% |
| Belle Valley Elementary School Erie | 626 | 54.0% | 65.6% |
| Oak Park Elementary School Lansdale | 526 | 62.7% | 52.2% |
| Kulp Elementary School Hatfield | 583 | 39.6% | 56.4% |
| Hatfield Elementary School Hatfield | 501 | 65.3% | 49.7% |
| James Burd Elementary School Shippensburg | 529 | 63.9% | 56.3% |
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 Knapp Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #634 of 1,396 | #69 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #508 of 1,511 ▲ 222 | #65 of 92 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #549 of 1,511 ▲ 144 | #65 of 92 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #202 of 1,638 | #8 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #937 of 1,528 | #67 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #101 of 1,531 | #12 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #874 of 1,600 | #20 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #183 of 450 | #13 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
633
+90 (+17%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 633 | 46.7 | 13.6:1 | 57% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 58% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 46.2 | 13.0:1 | 58% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 45 | 12.1:1 | 56% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 38.4 | 15.1:1 | 56% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 49% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 30% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 16% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knapp Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (578 to 633); teachers up 22% (38.4 to 46.7).
About Knapp Elementary School
Knapp Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 633 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Besides Knapp Elementary School, North Penn SD runs 16 other schools. The district enrolls 12,817 students.
White students form the largest group at Knapp Elementary School, 47% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 21% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among people living in Montgomery County, the White share is about 73%. Knapp Elementary School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 46.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. Around 57% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 17 points.
The allk12 Grade for Knapp Elementary School is B. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 55% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.3% at Knapp Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.5%.
Among Montgomery County residents, median household income is about $113,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Knapp Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 115,302 students.
The school nearest to Knapp Elementary School is Penndale Middle School, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Within five miles of Knapp Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Knapp Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 543 to 633. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.1:1 to 13.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Knapp Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Gwyn-Nor Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
Other schools in Lansdale
- North Penn SHSHigh · 3,165 students
- Penndale Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Gwynedd Square Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Walton Farm Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Bridle Path Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Other Knapp Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Knapp Elementary. Knapp Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Knapp ElementaryRacine, WI · 462 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolMichigan City, IN · 407 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 351 students
- Knapp ElementaryKnapp, WI · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Penndale Middle School0.8 mi · 1,171
- Gwyn-Nor Elementary School1.2 mi · 663
- Pennbrook Middle School1.2 mi · 767
- Bridle Path Elementary School1.5 mi · 508
- York Avenue Elementary School1.7 mi · 291
- North Wales Elementary School2.0 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Knapp Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Knapp Elementary School?
Knapp Elementary School enrolls approximately 633 students in grades KG-06.
Is Knapp Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Knapp Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Knapp Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Knapp Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Knapp Elementary School?
Knapp Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Knapp Elementary School public or private?
Knapp Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Penn SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.