Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING-FORD AREA SD·NCES 422256003358
Limerick Elementary School
81 Limerick Center Rd, Royersford, PA 19468 · (610) 705-6007 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-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
9.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
67 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (53).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Based on grade levels within Spring-Ford Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.3pp since 2023
Math
80.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 80.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 77.9% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Limerick Elementary School
Limerick Elementary School's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick Elementary School this school | 257 | 26.1% | 78.8% |
| Candlebrook Elementary School King of Prussia | 313 | 33.2% | 69.3% |
| Hoover Elementary School Pittsburgh | 285 | 18.6% | 84.2% |
| Corl Street Elementary School State College | 250 | 18.0% | 75.3% |
| Roberts Elementary School Wayne | 292 | 31.8% | 65.8% |
| Upper Allen Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 321 | 33.6% | 68.9% |
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 Limerick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #127 of 1,396 | #17 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #100 of 1,511 ▲ 15 | #16 of 92 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #279 of 1,511 ▼ 157 | #39 of 92 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,383 of 1,638 | #92 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #26 of 1,528 | #2 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #532 of 1,531 | #66 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.1% | #1,375 of 1,600 | #59 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #491 of 1,045 | #31 of 61 |
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
257
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 257 | 28 | 9.2:1 | 26% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 26 | 9.5:1 | 27% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 28 | 9.3:1 | 27% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 26 | 9.7:1 | 17% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 30 | 9.9:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 29 | 11.1:1 | 13% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 5% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 33 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Limerick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (298 to 257); teachers down 7% (30 to 28).
About Limerick Elementary School
Limerick Elementary School is an elementary school in Royersford, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Spring-Ford Area SD. In all, 257 students attend the school in kindergarten through 4. It has 42% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Spring-Ford Area SD has 11 schools; together they serve 8,046 students.
More than half of enrollment at Limerick Elementary School is White: 68%. Other groups include 16% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. The diversity index for Limerick Elementary School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Limerick Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 26%. Across public schools in Montgomery County, the average is 40%.
Limerick 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 90% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Limerick Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.8% and a predicted 66.4%.
In Montgomery County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $113,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 160 public schools and about 115,302 students.
About 1.6 miles separate Limerick Elementary School from the closest public school, Evans Elementary School. The five-mile area around Limerick Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Limerick Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 78.8% against a local average of 69.1%.
NCES assigns Limerick Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 252 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 257.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Limerick Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Spring-Ford Area SD
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 CenterHigh · 2,629 students
- Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6thMiddle · 1,307 students
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 672 students
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade CenterMiddle · 666 students
- Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
Other schools in Royersford
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 CenterHigh · 2,629 students
- Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6thMiddle · 1,307 students
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 672 students
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade CenterMiddle · 666 students
- Upper Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Royersford Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Evans Elementary School1.6 mi · 546
- Western Montgomery Career and Technology Center1.8 mi · 5
- Brooke Elementary School2.4 mi · 379
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center3.0 mi · 2,629
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center3.1 mi · 672
- Royersford Elementary School3.3 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Limerick Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Limerick Elementary School?
Limerick Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades KG-04.
Is Limerick Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Limerick Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Limerick Elementary School have?
Limerick Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
How diverse is Limerick Elementary School?
Limerick Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Limerick Elementary School public or private?
Limerick Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spring-Ford Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.