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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COUNCIL ROCK SD·NCES 420696000172
Newtown Elementary School
1 Wrights Rd, Newtown, PA 18940 · (215) 944-2200 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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
13.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
62 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
71.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.6% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.9% | 79.3% |
% 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
78.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Newtown Elementary School
Newtown Elementary School's state test result (78.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown Elementary School this school | 557 | 11.1% | 78.4% |
| Concord Elementary School Glen Mills | 617 | 13.5% | N/A |
| West Bradford Elementary School Downingtown | 623 | 11.2% | 83.8% |
| Ithan Elementary School Bryn Mawr | 538 | 8.4% | 88.8% |
| Bridge Valley Elementary School Furlong | 617 | 10.4% | 76.1% |
| Titus Elementary School Warrington | 566 | 15.7% | 67.9% |
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 Newtown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #139 of 1,396 | #9 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #129 of 1,511 ▼ 35 | #4 of 72 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #189 of 1,511 ▲ 7 | #18 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #360 of 1,638 | #24 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #835 of 1,528 | #42 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #580 of 1,531 | #25 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #1,553 of 1,600 | #64 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #121 of 1,045 | #2 of 50 |
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
557
-59 (-10%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 829
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 557 | 42.1 | 13.2:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 43.1 | 13.4:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 41.9 | 13.9:1 | 11% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 10% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 10% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 9% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 829 | 45 | 18.4:1 | 1% (8) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newtown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (782 to 557); teachers down 12% (48 to 42.1).
About Newtown Elementary School
Newtown Elementary School sits in Newtown, Pennsylvania, and is classified as an elementary school. The school enrolls 557 students in kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Council Rock SD is responsible for 14 schools, Newtown Elementary School included, with 10,391 students in all.
The share of White students at Newtown Elementary School is 69%, a majority. It is also 19% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Bucks County is roughly 81% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. About 11% of students at Newtown Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Bucks County report 40%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Newtown Elementary School outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Newtown Elementary School scores 78.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 72.8%.
The school is in Bucks County, where the median household earns about $114,764 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Newtown Elementary School shares Bucks County with 122 other public schools.
Council Rock HS North is about 1.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Newtown Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Newtown Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Newtown Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 10%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.3 to 13.2 over 4 years.
Newtown Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Council Rock SD
- Council Rock HS SouthHigh · 1,921 students
- Council Rock HS NorthHigh · 1,674 students
- Holland Middle SchoolMiddle · 960 students
- Newtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Goodnoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Sol Feinstone Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
Other schools in Newtown
- Council Rock HS NorthHigh · 1,674 students
- Newtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Goodnoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Sol Feinstone Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
Other Newtown Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Newtown Elementary. Newtown Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Newtown ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Council Rock HS North1.5 mi · 1,674
- Goodnoe Elementary School1.7 mi · 668
- Newtown Middle School1.7 mi · 833
- Wrightstown Elementary School2.5 mi · 399
- Sol Feinstone Elementary School2.7 mi · 644
- Council Rock HS South3.1 mi · 1,921
Frequently asked questions
About Newtown Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Newtown Elementary School?
Newtown Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Newtown Elementary School serve?
Newtown Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newtown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newtown Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newtown Elementary School?
At Newtown Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Newtown Elementary School?
Newtown Elementary School is overseen by Council Rock SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.