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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PENN SD·NCES 421728007173
Montgomery Elementary School
1221 Stump Rd, North Wales, PA 19454 · (215) 368-6614 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
110 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 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
77.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 77.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 76.4% |
% 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
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Montgomery Elementary School
Montgomery Elementary School's state test result (74.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Elementary School this school | 611 | 18.0% | 74.8% |
| General Wayne Elementary School Malvern | 542 | 17.3% | 75.6% |
| Oaks Elementary School Oaks | 591 | 16.6% | 78.6% |
| Uwchlan Hills Elementary School Downingtown | 537 | 10.2% | 82.9% |
| Shaull Elementary School Enola | 591 | 17.6% | 74.1% |
| Gwynedd Square Elementary School Lansdale | 610 | 19.2% | 74.5% |
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 Montgomery Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #204 of 1,396 | #27 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #151 of 1,511 ▼ 16 | #25 of 92 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #239 of 1,511 ▲ 72 | #29 of 92 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #249 of 1,638 | #13 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #968 of 1,528 | #72 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #262 of 1,531 | #36 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #1,467 of 1,600 | #76 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #708 of 1,045 | #46 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
611
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 611 | 44.8 | 13.7:1 | 18% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 46.3 | 13.5:1 | 18% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 47.2 | 13.6:1 | 17% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 43.3 | 15.5:1 | 16% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 13% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 7% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 42 | 18.1:1 | 2% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 750 | 39 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (670 to 611); teachers up 3% (43.3 to 44.8).
About Montgomery Elementary School
Montgomery Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in North Wales, Pennsylvania. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 611 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
North Penn SD runs 17 schools with a combined 12,817 students. Montgomery Elementary School is one of them.
More than half of the students at Montgomery Elementary School are White (53%). Next come 29% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 73% White among all Montgomery County residents. The diversity index for Montgomery Elementary School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.7 students per teacher. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. Roughly 18% of students at Montgomery Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Montgomery County is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Montgomery Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Montgomery Elementary School, the prediction is 69.9% and the result is 74.8%.
The school's county is Montgomery County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $113,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 160 public schools in the county, enrolling about 115,302, Montgomery Elementary School among them.
Montgomery Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Butler Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Montgomery Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decline, from 648 to 611.
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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 North Penn SD
- North Penn SHSHigh · 3,165 students
- Penndale Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Pennfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Pennbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Gwyn-Nor Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
Other schools in North Wales
- Pennbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Gwyn-Nor Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- North Wales Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
Other Montgomery Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Montgomery Elementary. Montgomery Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 11.
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMontgomery, PA · 504 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMercersburg, PA · 212 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolBrookhaven, GA · 728 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMONTGOMERY, TX · 672 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Butler Elementary School1.6 mi · 757
- Bridle Path Elementary School2.2 mi · 508
- Knapp Elementary School2.6 mi · 633
- Unami Middle School2.8 mi · 784
- Mill Creek Elementary School2.9 mi · 729
- Gwyn-Nor Elementary School3.0 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Montgomery Elementary School?
Montgomery Elementary School enrolls approximately 611 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Montgomery Elementary School serve?
Montgomery Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Montgomery Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Montgomery Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Montgomery Elementary School?
At Montgomery Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 29% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Montgomery Elementary School public or private?
Montgomery Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Penn SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.