McDonald El Sch

As a heavily attended primary school in Warminster, Pennsylvania, McDonald El Sch hosts 837 students from grades K through 5, part of Centennial SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so McDonald El Sch sits 89% above that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Centennial SD (5,262 students total), McDonald El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, McDonald El Sch logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting McDonald El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Bucks County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, McDonald El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Bucks County reports that median household income runs about $114,764, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Bucks County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), McDonald El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William Tennent HS, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, McDonald El Sch comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.1%.

McDonald El Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. McDonald El Sch's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 806 (now 837). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 29% to 22%.

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