Merion El Sch

Merion El Sch, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, operated by Lower Merion SD, caters to 438 students, covering grades K through 4.

Within Lower Merion SD, which oversees 11 schools and 8,533 students, Merion El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Merion El Sch reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 14% Asian, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Merion El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 71.3%; Merion El Sch posts 90.0%, +18.7 points above that line.

Around the school, 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), Merion El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cynwyd Sch, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Merion El Sch comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.4%.

Merion El Sch operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Merion El Sch has fell 27%, going from 602 students in 2018 to 438 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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