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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWER MERION SD·NCES 421416003289
Penn Wynne School
250 Haverford Rd, Wynnewood, PA 19096 · (610) 645-1450 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
116 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 21% smaller than its 4th grade class (146).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
78.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
79.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 79.9% |
| 2023-24 | 83.3% | 83.9% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Penn Wynne School
Penn Wynne School's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Wynne School this school | 621 | 18.7% | 83.3% |
| Lower Gwynedd Elementary School Ambler | 630 | 19.5% | 77.7% |
| Wayne Elementary School Wayne | 525 | 16.6% | 80.4% |
| Titus Elementary School Warrington | 566 | 15.7% | 67.9% |
| Blue Bell Elementary School Blue Bell | 522 | 18.6% | 70.8% |
| Evans Elementary School Limerick | 546 | 18.1% | 73.3% |
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 Penn Wynne School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #63 of 1,396 | #10 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #109 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #17 of 92 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #84 of 1,511 ▼ 16 | #11 of 92 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #226 of 1,638 | #11 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #687 of 1,528 | #56 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #197 of 1,531 | #24 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #1,457 of 1,600 | #73 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #337 of 1,045 | #25 of 61 |
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
621
-139 (-18%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 621 | 48.7 | 12.8:1 | 19% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 48.7 | 12.5:1 | 19% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 48.5 | 12.7:1 | 19% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | 57 | 13.3:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 54.2 | 14.0:1 | 9% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 10% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 6% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 33 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penn Wynne School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (761 to 621); teachers down 10% (54.2 to 48.7).
About Penn Wynne School
In Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, Penn Wynne School is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 621 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
In Lower Merion SD, 11 schools enroll a combined 8,533 students.
At 53%, White students outnumber all other groups at Penn Wynne School combined. It is also 17% Asian, 13% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Montgomery County's residents are about 73% White, 20 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Penn Wynne School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Staffing totals 48.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Penn Wynne School is 19%. That is 21 points below the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
allk12 grades Penn Wynne School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 83.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 69.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 160 public schools in Montgomery County, with a combined enrollment of about 115,302.
The closest other public school is Lamberton Robert E School, about 1.0 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Penn Wynne School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Penn Wynne School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Penn Wynne School had 760 students in 2020-21 and 621 in 2024-25, an 18% decrease.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Penn Wynne School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Lower Merion SD
- Lower Merion High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Harriton SHSHigh · 1,239 students
- Black Rock Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,077 students
- Bala-Cynwyd Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Welsh Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Gladwyne SchoolElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Lamberton Robert E School1.0 mi · 341
- Haverford SHS1.2 mi · 1,994
- Chatham Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 582
- Chestnutwold Elementary School1.4 mi · 566
- Highland Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 737
- Haverford Middle School1.5 mi · 1,578
Frequently asked questions
About Penn Wynne SchoolHow large is Penn Wynne School?
Penn Wynne School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades KG-04.
Is Penn Wynne School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Penn Wynne School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Penn Wynne School have?
Penn Wynne School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Penn Wynne School?
Student demographics at Penn Wynne School are roughly 53% White, 8% Hispanic, 13% Black, 17% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Penn Wynne School in?
Penn Wynne School is part of Lower Merion SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.