Paul V Fly El Sch

Paul V Fly El Sch is a reasonably sized primary school in Norristown, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Norristown Area SD. The school hosts 452 students in grades K through 4.

Across the 12 schools in Norristown Area SD (7,617 students total), Paul V Fly El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Paul V Fly El Sch lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 25% White, 20% Black, 13% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Paul V Fly El Sch has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 102% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Paul V Fly El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 48.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Paul V Fly El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Norristown Area HS, around 0.7 miles off. 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), Paul V Fly El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Paul V Fly El Sch's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 530 (now 452). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 38% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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