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Enrollment
646
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSGROVE SD·NCES 421965003334
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School
1329 Buchert Road, Pottstown, PA 19464 · (610) 323-7510 · Montgomery County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
643 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 217 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 207 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 222 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 Pottsgrove SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.9pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 45.1% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Pottsgrove Elementary School
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School this school | 646 | 99.5% | 50.1% |
| Montessori Regional CS Erie | 626 | 97.9% | 32.2% |
| Washington Intrmd School New Castle | 707 | 99.9% | 31.8% |
| Hamilton Heights Elementary School Chambersburg | 553 | 98.4% | 54.3% |
| Dana El Center Forty Fort | 626 | 95.8% | 40.2% |
| Ben Franklin School Uniontown | 502 | 96.8% | 41.4% |
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 Pottsgrove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #864 of 1,396 | #77 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #911 of 1,511 ▼ 42 | #84 of 92 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #929 of 1,511 ▼ 110 | #79 of 92 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #186 of 1,638 | #6 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #343 of 1,528 | #29 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #229 of 1,531 | #31 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #332 of 1,600 | #7 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #479 of 1,045 | #30 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
646
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 646 | 55.3 | 11.7:1 | 100% (643) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 52.6 | 12.3:1 | 100% (643) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 48% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 46% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 52.4 | 14.3:1 | 41% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 43% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 685 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 35% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (752 to 646); teachers up 5% (52.4 to 55.3).
About Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is home to Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 646 students enrolled in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Federal data list 5 schools in Pottsgrove SD, with 2,932 students enrolled.
At Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, 54% of students are White. The remaining students are 18% Black, 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 73% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School has 55.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.7:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School scores 50.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.9%.
Looking at the county, Montgomery County, the median household earns about $113,915 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County has 160 public schools with about 115,302 students, including Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School.
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Ringing Rocks Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 50.1% is above the 37.0% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 677 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 646 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 12.8:1 to 11.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Pottsgrove SD
- Pottsgrove SHSHigh · 973 students
- Pottsgrove Middle SchoolMiddle · 678 students
- Ringing Rocks Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- West Pottsgrove Elementary SchoolElementary · 252 students
Other schools in Pottstown
- Owen J Roberts High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Pottsgrove SHSHigh · 973 students
- Pottstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Pottstown High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Owen J Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Pottsgrove Middle SchoolMiddle · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Ringing Rocks Elementary School0.8 mi · 383
- Pottsgrove SHS0.8 mi · 973
- Franklin Elementary School1.2 mi · 354
- Pottstown High School1.6 mi · 911
- Rupert Elementary School1.6 mi · 379
- Pottsgrove Middle School1.7 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Lower Pottsgrove Elementary SchoolHow large is Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School?
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School serve?
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 14% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School?
Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School is overseen by Pottsgrove SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.