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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSBURY SD·NCES 421884001109
Makefield Elementary School
1939 Makefield Rd, Yardley, PA 19067 · (215) 321-2420 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
98 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
58.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -16.5pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 75.1% | 66.8% |
% 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
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Makefield Elementary School
Makefield Elementary School's state test result (68.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makefield Elementary School this school | 397 | 24.7% | 68.4% |
| Jenkintown Elementary School Jenkintown | 401 | 25.7% | 68.4% |
| Glen Acres Elementary School West Chester | 451 | 25.3% | 67.5% |
| Grasse Elementary School Sellersville | 394 | 22.6% | 68.7% |
| Washington Elementary School Pittsburgh | 416 | 23.8% | 73.9% |
| Schuylkill Elementary School Phoenixville | 418 | 29.2% | 66.0% |
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 Makefield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #342 of 1,396 | #33 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #372 of 1,511 ▼ 68 | #40 of 72 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #475 of 1,511 ▼ 260 | #39 of 72 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #898 of 1,638 | #50 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #310 of 1,528 | #9 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #543 of 1,531 | #22 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #1,394 of 1,600 | #38 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #886 of 1,045 | #42 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
397
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 397 | 34.5 | 11.5:1 | 25% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 32.5 | 12.5:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 34.2 | 11.8:1 | 21% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 32 | 11.3:1 | 20% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 32.2 | 12.9:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Makefield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (414 to 397); teachers up 7% (32.2 to 34.5).
About Makefield Elementary School
In Yardley, Pennsylvania, part of Bucks County, Makefield Elementary School is an elementary school. It serves 397 students in kindergarten through 5.
Makefield Elementary School is a school in Pennsbury SD. The district has 14 schools and 9,435 students.
At Makefield Elementary School, White students make up 69% of the student body. The next largest groups are 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's White share is 12 points below the 81% share among Bucks County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 34.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 11.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 25% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bucks County is 40%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Makefield Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.4%; the prediction is 67.0%.
Bucks County has these Census figures: the median household income is $114,764, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. In all, Bucks County has 123 public schools and roughly 81,956 students.
The next-closest public school is Pennwood Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Makefield Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 47.6% on proficiency, and Makefield Elementary School is above that at 68.4%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Makefield Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 363 in 2020-21 to 397 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Makefield Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Pennsbury SD
- Pennsbury High SchoolHigh · 2,847 students
- William Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
Other schools in Yardley
- William Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Quarry Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Pennwood Middle School0.8 mi · 740
- Edgewood Elementary School0.9 mi · 557
- William Penn Middle School0.9 mi · 904
- Charles H Boehm Middle School1.0 mi · 651
- The Village Charter School1.5 mi · 361
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School1.6 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Makefield Elementary SchoolHow large is Makefield Elementary School?
Makefield Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Makefield Elementary School serve?
Makefield Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Makefield Elementary School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Makefield Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Makefield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Makefield Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 10% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Makefield Elementary School in?
Makefield Elementary School is part of Pennsbury SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.