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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISSAHICKON SD·NCES 420240000304
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School
571 Houston Rd, Ambler, PA 19002 · (215) 619-8100 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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
15.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
123 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Wissahickon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
78.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 78.7% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 77.3% |
% 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
77.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Lower Gwynedd Elementary School
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School's state test result (77.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Gwynedd Elementary School this school | 630 | 19.5% | 77.7% |
| Lionville Elementary School Downingtown | 668 | 18.0% | 82.8% |
| Evans Elementary School Limerick | 546 | 18.1% | 73.3% |
| Goodnoe Elementary School Newtown | 668 | 15.6% | 84.1% |
| Manoa Elementary School Havertown | 706 | 23.4% | 79.3% |
| Beaver Creek Elementary School Downingtown | 531 | 16.9% | 75.7% |
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 Lower Gwynedd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #151 of 1,396 | #20 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #130 of 1,511 ▼ 8 | #21 of 92 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #151 of 1,511 ▲ 74 | #19 of 92 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #208 of 1,638 | #9 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,295 of 1,528 | #90 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #511 of 1,531 | #64 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #1,443 of 1,600 | #70 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #184 of 450 | #14 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
630
+57 (+10%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 630 | 41.4 | 15.2:1 | 20% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 39.9 | 16.2:1 | 19% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 41.6 | 15.3:1 | 18% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 15% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 36.2 | 15.9:1 | 17% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 19% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 9% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lower Gwynedd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (576 to 630); teachers up 15% (36.2 to 41.4).
About Lower Gwynedd Elementary School
Among the schools in Ambler, Pennsylvania, is Lower Gwynedd Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 630 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
Wissahickon SD has 6 schools; together they serve 5,181 students.
White students make up a majority at Lower Gwynedd Elementary School, at 67%. The remaining students are 14% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Lower Gwynedd Elementary School's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School employs 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.2:1. This ratio sits 2.1 above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 20% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Montgomery County averages 40%, higher than here.
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.7% and a predicted 69.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Lower Gwynedd Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
Wissahickon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Lower Gwynedd Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 77.7% is above the 76.5% average for nearby schools.
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.
2024-25 enrollment was 630, a 10% gain from 573 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.
Community posts for Lower Gwynedd Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Wissahickon SD
- Wissahickon SHSHigh · 1,480 students
- Wissahickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Blue Bell Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Ambler
- Wissahickon SHSHigh · 1,480 students
- Wissahickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
Nearby schools
- Wissahickon Middle School0.2 mi · 1,208
- Wissahickon SHS0.3 mi · 1,480
- Upper Dublin High School1.9 mi · 1,272
- Shady Grove Elementary School2.0 mi · 698
- Fort Washington Elementary School2.1 mi · 518
- Blue Bell Elementary School2.3 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Lower Gwynedd Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lower Gwynedd Elementary School?
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lower Gwynedd Elementary School serve?
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lower Gwynedd Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lower Gwynedd Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lower Gwynedd Elementary School?
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Lower Gwynedd Elementary School?
Lower Gwynedd Elementary School is overseen by Wissahickon SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.