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What's something Oak Park El Sch does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PENN SD·NCES 421728003280
Oak Park Elementary School
500 Squirrel Ln, Lansdale, PA 19446 · (215) 368-4017 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
330 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 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
74%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
48.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 46.8% |
% 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Oak Park Elementary School
Oak Park Elementary School's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Elementary School this school | 526 | 62.7% | 52.2% |
| Knapp Elementary School Lansdale | 633 | 56.7% | 58.5% |
| Whitehall Elementary School Pittsburgh | 669 | 61.3% | N/A |
| Hatfield Elementary School Hatfield | 501 | 65.3% | 49.7% |
| Inglewood Elementary School Lansdale | 408 | 40.7% | 60.1% |
| Belle Valley Elementary School Erie | 626 | 54.0% | 65.6% |
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 Oak Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #813 of 1,396 | #76 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #593 of 1,511 ▲ 238 | #70 of 92 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #771 of 1,511 ▲ 191 | #75 of 92 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #461 of 1,638 | #29 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,047 of 1,528 | #75 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #33 of 1,531 | #4 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #792 of 1,600 | #17 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #181 of 450 | #12 of 30 |
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
526
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 526 | 37.8 | 13.9:1 | 63% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 40.4 | 13.5:1 | 60% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 59% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 57% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 32.6 | 14.7:1 | 60% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 57% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 41% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 18% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 28 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (480 to 526); teachers up 16% (32.6 to 37.8).
About Oak Park Elementary School
Oak Park Elementary School is a public elementary school run by North Penn SD in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 526 students in kindergarten through 6.
Oak Park Elementary School is one school in a 17-school district, North Penn SD, which enrolls 12,817 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Oak Park Elementary School, at 37%. Enrollment also includes 28% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Black. Among people living in Montgomery County, the White share is about 73%. Oak Park Elementary School's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.9:1. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 63%. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 23 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Oak Park Elementary School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Oak Park Elementary School's results are 1.5 points above predicted: 52.2% against 50.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Montgomery County, the median household income is $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 160 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 115,302 students in all.
The closest public school, Inglewood Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles from Oak Park Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Oak Park Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Oak Park Elementary School had 509 students, to 2024-25, when it had 526.
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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 Lansdale
- North Penn SHSHigh · 3,165 students
- Penndale Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Gwynedd Square Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Walton Farm Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Bridle Path Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Other Oak Park Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oak Park Elementary. Oak Park Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 11.
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 678 students
- Oak Park ElementarySan Diego, CA · 545 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolDecatur, AL · 481 students
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTITUSVILLE, FL · 473 students
- Oak Park ElementaryOcean Springs, MS · 467 students
Nearby schools
- Inglewood Elementary School0.7 mi · 408
- York Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 291
- Kulp Elementary School1.3 mi · 583
- Walton Farm Elementary School1.5 mi · 566
- Pennfield Middle School1.5 mi · 865
- Penndale Middle School1.6 mi · 1,171
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Oak Park Elementary School serve?
Oak Park Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Oak Park Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Oak Park Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Park Elementary School?
At Oak Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 28% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Oak Park Elementary School public or private?
Oak Park 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.