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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the McDonald El Sch administration to hear?
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Enrollment
837
Elementary
DISTRICT 783 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTENNIAL SD·NCES 420519005007
McDonald Elementary School
666 Reeves Ln, Warminster, PA 18974 · (215) 441-6157 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
470 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 18% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
50.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.5% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 42.6% |
% 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
Where McDonald Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #838 of 1,396 | #56 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #701 of 1,511 | #55 of 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #727 of 1,511 | #50 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #65 of 1,638 | #4 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,163 of 1,528 | #58 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #393 of 1,531 | #12 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #886 of 1,600 | #15 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #336 of 450 | #15 of 19 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
837
+52 (+7%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 837 | 58 | 14.4:1 | 56% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 808 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 58% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 814 | 56 | 14.5:1 | 52% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 785 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 52% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | 54.8 | 14.7:1 | 54% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 854 | 56 | 15.3:1 | 51% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 931 | 61 | 15.3:1 | 37% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 685 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 21% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 706 | 37 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McDonald Elementary School.
About McDonald Elementary School
McDonald Elementary School is a large elementary school based in Warminster, Pennsylvania. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 837 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
Centennial SD has a total of 6 schools and 5,262 students, McDonald Elementary School among them.
White students are the majority at McDonald Elementary School, with 61% of enrollment. It is also 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Bucks County's residents are about 81% White, 20 points above the school's share. McDonald Elementary School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at McDonald Elementary School total 58 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 56%. The average for public schools in Bucks County is 40%.
McDonald Elementary School is 2.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (51.4% versus 53.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In the county around the school, Bucks County, the median household income is $114,764, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 123 public schools in Bucks County, enrolling about 81,956 students in all.
The closest public school to McDonald Elementary School is William Tennent High School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, McDonald Elementary School is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for McDonald Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 7% from its 2020-21 level of 785.
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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 Centennial SD
- William Tennent High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Willow Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Log College Middle SchoolMiddle · 603 students
- Klinger Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
Other schools in Warminster
- William Tennent High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Willow Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Log College Middle SchoolMiddle · 603 students
Nearby schools
- William Tennent High School0.6 mi · 1,710
- Davis Elementary School1.4 mi · 785
- Maureen M Welch Elementary School1.7 mi · 521
- Klinger Middle School1.8 mi · 599
- Upper Moreland Middle School1.8 mi · 830
- Crooked Billet Elementary School1.8 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About McDonald Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McDonald Elementary School?
McDonald Elementary School enrolls approximately 837 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does McDonald Elementary School serve?
McDonald Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McDonald Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McDonald Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McDonald Elementary School?
At McDonald Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees McDonald Elementary School?
McDonald Elementary School is overseen by Centennial SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.