Penn Valley Sch

Set in Narberth, Pennsylvania, Penn Valley Sch is a medium-sized elementary school, overseen by Lower Merion SD. It hosts 542 students across grades K through 4. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Lower Merion SD comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 8,533 students; Penn Valley Sch is among them.

Demographically, Penn Valley Sch lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Penn Valley Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 71.2%; Penn Valley Sch posts 87.8%, +16.6 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Penn Valley Sch is one campus in the mix.

Welsh Valley MS 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), Penn Valley Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 80.3%.

Penn Valley Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 679 students in 2018 compared to 542 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Penn Valley Sch community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.