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What's one thing Kulp El Sch gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PENN SD·NCES 421728003275
Kulp Elementary School
801 Cowpath Rd, Hatfield, PA 19440 · (215) 368-3061 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
231 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 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (89).
Student demographics
67%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
51.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
55.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 52.6% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Kulp Elementary School
Kulp Elementary School's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulp Elementary School this school | 583 | 39.6% | 56.4% |
| Walton Farm Elementary School Lansdale | 566 | 33.9% | 70.6% |
| East Ward Elementary School Downingtown | 549 | 30.4% | 72.6% |
| Fogelsville School Breinigsville | 480 | 32.9% | 78.8% |
| Inglewood Elementary School Lansdale | 408 | 40.7% | 60.1% |
| Hampden Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 538 | 29.6% | 71.2% |
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 Kulp Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #697 of 1,396 | #73 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #655 of 1,511 ▲ 25 | #73 of 92 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #679 of 1,511 ▲ 123 | #70 of 92 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #295 of 1,638 | #20 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,136 of 1,528 | #80 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #150 of 1,531 | #18 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #1,171 of 1,600 | #35 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #180 of 450 | #11 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
583
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 583 | 40.8 | 14.3:1 | 40% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 44.8 | 13.0:1 | 40% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 42.4 | 13.1:1 | 37% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 35% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 38.3 | 13.9:1 | 39% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 36% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 21% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 6% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 28 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kulp Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (532 to 583); teachers up 6% (38.3 to 40.8).
About Kulp Elementary School
Kulp Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. It serves 583 students in kindergarten through 6. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 32% larger than that.
North Penn SD has a total of 17 schools and 12,817 students, Kulp Elementary School among them.
At 51%, White students outnumber all other groups at Kulp Elementary School combined. Other students are 20% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 73% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Kulp Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Kulp Elementary School counts 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.3 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Kulp Elementary School is 60.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.4%.
Federal survey data for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 160 public schools operate in Montgomery County, serving about 115,302 students.
The closest other public school is Oak Park Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Kulp Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or 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 554 to 583.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
Other schools in Hatfield
- Pennfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Hatfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 526
- Bridle Path Elementary School1.4 mi · 508
- Hatfield Elementary School1.8 mi · 501
- York Avenue Elementary School1.9 mi · 291
- Pennfield Middle School1.9 mi · 865
- Inglewood Elementary School1.9 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Kulp Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kulp Elementary School?
Kulp Elementary School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Kulp Elementary School serve?
Kulp Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kulp Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kulp Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kulp Elementary School?
Kulp Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 20% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Kulp Elementary School in?
Kulp Elementary School is part of North Penn SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.