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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL BUCKS SD·NCES 420531001047
Kutz Elementary School
1950 Turk Road RD 3, Doylestown, PA 18901 · (267) 893-3900 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
36 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 55% smaller than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
82.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 70.3% |
% 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
78.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Kutz Elementary School
Kutz Elementary School's state test result (78.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kutz Elementary School this school | 436 | 8.3% | 78.4% |
| Fairview Elementary School Pittsburgh | 387 | 7.8% | 95.7% |
| Gayman Elementary School Doylestown | 390 | 7.7% | 80.3% |
| Buckingham Elementary School Buckingham | 442 | 11.5% | 76.7% |
| Coopertown Elementary School Bryn Mawr | 471 | 10.0% | 87.3% |
| Central Elementary School Allison Park | 456 | 12.1% | 83.0% |
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 Kutz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #138 of 1,396 | #8 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #234 of 1,511 ▲ 3 | #26 of 72 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #51 of 1,511 ▲ 26 | #5 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #735 of 1,638 | #42 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #953 of 1,528 | #49 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #1,084 of 1,531 | #68 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.3% | #1,581 of 1,600 | #70 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #215 of 1,045 | #4 of 50 |
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
436
-54 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 436 | 32.1 | 13.6:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 31.4 | 14.5:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 32.6 | 15.0:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 37.4 | 15.1:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 27 | 20.7:1 | 4% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 34 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kutz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (566 to 436); teachers down 14% (37.4 to 32.1).
About Kutz Elementary School
Among the schools in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is Kutz Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 436 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Central Bucks SD has a total of 23 schools and 16,879 students, Kutz Elementary School among them.
Kutz Elementary School is 86% White by enrollment. Next come 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
Classroom staffing at Kutz Elementary School totals 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Kutz Elementary School is about 8%. For comparison, public schools in Bucks County average 40%.
Kutz Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Kutz Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.4% is 4.3 points above the 74.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Bucks County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $114,764 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bucks County number 123, with about 81,956 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Central Bucks HS-West, is about 1.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Kutz Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Kutz Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment fell by 11% across 4 years, from 490 in 2020-21 to 436 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.8:1 to 13.6:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Bucks SD
- Central Bucks HS-SouthHigh · 1,719 students
- Central Bucks HS-WestHigh · 1,391 students
- Central Bucks HS-EastHigh · 1,374 students
- Holicong Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- Tamanend Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Tohickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
Other schools in Doylestown
- Central Bucks HS-WestHigh · 1,391 students
- Central Bucks HS-EastHigh · 1,374 students
- Holicong Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- Tohickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Lenape Middle SchoolMiddle · 779 students
- Groveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 students
Nearby schools
- Central Bucks HS-West1.4 mi · 1,391
- Lenape Middle School1.6 mi · 779
- Doyle Elementary School1.9 mi · 409
- Bridge Valley Elementary School2.1 mi · 617
- Tamanend Middle School2.1 mi · 901
- Linden Elementary School2.2 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Kutz Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kutz Elementary School?
Kutz Elementary School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-06.
Is Kutz Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kutz Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Kutz Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Kutz Elementary School.
How diverse is Kutz Elementary School?
Kutz Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Kutz Elementary School?
Kutz Elementary School is overseen by Central Bucks SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.