Oak Park El Sch

Oak Park El Sch is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within North Penn SD, with 526 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

North Penn SD runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 12,817 students. Oak Park El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Oak Park El Sch shows that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 28% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oak Park El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 52.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) logs that median household earnings sit near $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Oak Park El Sch is one.

Inglewood El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Park El Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Oak Park El Sch's enrollment has ticked up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 480 (now 526). Over the same period, the White share declined from 42% to 37%.

On the community side, the feed for Oak Park El Sch typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.