Oak Ridge El Sch

Oak Ridge El Sch is one of the mid-tier primary schools in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, part of Souderton Area SD, with 420 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Souderton Area SD (5,974 students total), Oak Ridge El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Oak Ridge El Sch lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 9% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Oak Ridge El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Oak Ridge El Sch is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students).

Indian Valley MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Ridge El Sch. On composite proficiency, Oak Ridge El Sch comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.7%.

Oak Ridge El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Ridge El Sch has fell 19%, going from 518 students in 2018 to 420 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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