McKinley Sch

McKinley Sch operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Abington SD. Current enrollment sits at 596 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so McKinley Sch sits 35% above that benchmark.

Abington SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 8,400 students; McKinley Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, McKinley Sch logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at McKinley Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, McKinley Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.

Across the wider county, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), McKinley Sch is one campus in the mix.

Elkins Park Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McKinley Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McKinley Sch has shrank 19%, going from 736 students in 2018 to 596 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 63% over that span.

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