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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWER MERION SD·NCES 421416003287
Merion El Sch
549 S Bowman Ave, Merion Station, PA 19066 · (610) 645-1470 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
65 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
89.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
87.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
438
-164 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.0:1
% White
64%
was 66%
% Hispanic
6%
was 4%
% Black
4%
was 5%
% Asian
14%
was 17%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On this page, the feed for Merion El Sch typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 Lower Merion SD
- Lower Merion HSHigh · 1,674 students
- Harriton SHSHigh · 1,239 students
- Black Rock MSMiddle · 1,077 students
- Bala-Cynwyd MSMiddle · 794 students
- Welsh Valley MSMiddle · 788 students
- Penn Wynne SchElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Cynwyd Sch1.1 mi · 446
- Bala-Cynwyd MS1.1 mi · 794
- Samuel Gompers Sch1.1 mi · 238
- Ad Prima CS1.2 mi · 602
- The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber1.3 mi · 532
- Lower Merion HS1.4 mi · 1,674
Frequently asked questions
About Merion El SchHow many students attend Merion El Sch?
Merion El Sch enrolls approximately 438 students in grades KG-04.
Is Merion El Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Merion El Sch is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Merion El Sch have?
Merion El Sch employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Merion El Sch?
At Merion El Sch, the student body is approximately 64% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 14% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Merion El Sch public or private?
Merion El Sch is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lower Merion SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.