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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNRIDGE SD·NCES 421875001097
Patricia A Guth Elementary School
601 N 7th St, Perkasie, PA 18944 · (215) 257-8057 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- 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
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
162 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
59.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
75.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 62.6% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Patricia A Guth Elementary School
Patricia A Guth Elementary School's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia A Guth Elementary School this school | 399 | 40.6% | 66.3% |
| Shohola Elementary School Shohola | 421 | 37.8% | 59.8% |
| Daniel Boone Area Primary Center Birdsboro | 392 | 40.6% | N/A |
| Lititz Elementary School Lititz | 439 | 41.2% | 59.5% |
| Brecknock Elementary School Denver | 441 | 41.5% | 52.4% |
| Schnecksville School Schnecksville | 465 | 39.4% | 68.8% |
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 Patricia A Guth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #408 of 1,396 | #38 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #177 of 1,511 ▲ 243 | #15 of 72 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #435 of 1,511 ▲ 238 | #38 of 72 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #891 of 1,638 | #49 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #826 of 1,528 | #41 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #863 of 1,531 | #49 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #1,149 of 1,600 | #29 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #584 of 1,045 | #23 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
399
-60 (-13%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 399 | 30.2 | 13.2:1 | 41% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 34.5 | 13.9:1 | 34% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 31.7 | 14.9:1 | 45% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 41% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 28.6 | 15.8:1 | 43% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 32% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 10% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 25 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patricia A Guth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (451 to 399); teachers up 6% (28.6 to 30.2).
About Patricia A Guth Elementary School
Patricia A Guth Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 399 students.
Pennridge SD has a total of 11 schools and 5,968 students, Patricia A Guth Elementary School among them.
About 79% of the student body at Patricia A Guth Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Bucks County residents are about 81% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
There are 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. Of all students at Patricia A Guth Elementary School, 41% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County.
Patricia A Guth Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.2% at Patricia A Guth Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.3%.
In the wider Bucks County area, the median household earns about $114,764 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Bucks County, 123 public schools serve about 81,956 students.
Among nearby public schools, Pennridge High School is closest at about 0.9 miles. Patricia A Guth Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Patricia A Guth Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 459 (2020-21) to 399 (2024-25).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Pennridge SD
- Pennridge High SchoolHigh · 2,125 students
- Pennridge North Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Pennridge Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Bedminster Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Grasse Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Seylar Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Perkasie
- Pennridge High SchoolHigh · 2,125 students
- Pennridge North Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Pennridge Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Bedminster Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Seylar Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Pennridge South Middle SchoolMiddle · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Pennridge High School0.9 mi · 2,125
- Pennridge North Middle School1.2 mi · 510
- Pennridge South Middle School1.3 mi · 332
- Deibler Elementary School1.6 mi · 329
- West Rockhill Elementary School2.1 mi · 350
- Sellersville Elementary School2.2 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Patricia A Guth Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Patricia A Guth Elementary School?
Patricia A Guth Elementary School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-05.
Is Patricia A Guth Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Patricia A Guth Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Patricia A Guth Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Patricia A Guth Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Patricia A Guth Elementary School?
Student demographics at Patricia A Guth Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Patricia A Guth Elementary School in?
Patricia A Guth Elementary School is part of Pennridge SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.