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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABINGTON SD·NCES 420204005075
McKinley School
370 Cedar Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027 · (215) 663-0430 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
208 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Abington SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.1pp since 2023
Math
56.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 59.3% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 McKinley School
McKinley School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley School this school | 596 | 34.9% | 65.5% |
| Plymouth Elementary School Plymouth Meeting | 612 | 28.4% | 73.4% |
| Sporting Hill Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 580 | 34.0% | 60.3% |
| Shady Grove Elementary School Ambler | 698 | 28.9% | 75.7% |
| Sabold Elementary School Springfield | 641 | 30.6% | 83.6% |
| Roundtown Elementary School York | 573 | 30.5% | 72.6% |
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 McKinley School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #434 of 1,396 | #54 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #626 of 1,511 ▼ 114 | #72 of 92 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #425 of 1,511 ▼ 172 | #54 of 92 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #268 of 1,638 | #17 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,131 of 1,528 | #79 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #396 of 1,531 | #53 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #1,251 of 1,600 | #41 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #322 of 1,045 | #21 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
596
-105 (-15%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 596 | 41.8 | 14.3:1 | 35% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 46.4 | 13.3:1 | 34% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 50.7 | 11.3:1 | 29% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 53 | 13.2:1 | 21% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 48.4 | 15.2:1 | 18% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 4% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 29 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (736 to 596); teachers down 14% (48.4 to 41.8).
About McKinley School
McKinley School, located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 596 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 35% above average.
Abington SD includes 9 schools. Together they enroll 8,400 students.
White students make up a majority at McKinley School, at 63%. The next largest groups are 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. In Montgomery County overall, about 73% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 14.3 students per teacher and 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 35%.
McKinley School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 62.6%.
In Montgomery County (population about 867,573), the median household income is $113,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. McKinley School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to McKinley School is Elkins Park School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.1%; McKinley School's is 65.5%, ranking 4th of 9.
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.
The school enrolled 596 students in 2024-25, 105 fewer than the 701 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.2:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 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 Abington SD
- Abington SHSHigh · 2,692 students
- Abington Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,044 students
- Copper Beech SchoolElementary · 860 students
- Rydal Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Highland SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Overlook SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other schools in Elkins Park
- Elkins Park SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other McKinley schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named McKinley. McKinley School is the largest of the 6.
- McKinley SchoolYork, PA · 578 students
- Mckinley SchoolTREMONTON, UT · 586 students
- McKinleyPasadena, CA · 538 students
- McKinley SchoolFairfield, CT · 470 students
- McKinley SchoolBillings, MT · 339 students
Nearby schools
- Elkins Park School0.9 mi · 569
- Fox Chase School1.4 mi · 507
- Rydal Elementary School1.5 mi · 569
- Cheltenham Elementary School1.5 mi · 406
- Myers Elementary School1.5 mi · 310
- Jenkintown Elementary School1.8 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley SchoolHow large is McKinley School?
McKinley School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does McKinley School serve?
McKinley School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at McKinley School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at McKinley School.
How diverse is McKinley School?
McKinley School reports a student body of 63% White, 10% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is McKinley School public or private?
McKinley School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Abington SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.