Pine Road El Sch

Set in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, Pine Road El Sch is a mid-tier K-5 school, one of the schools within Lower Moreland Township SD. It caters to 628 students across grades K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 42% above typical.

Lower Moreland Township SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,572 students. Pine Road El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pine Road El Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school records 28% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Pine Road El Sch lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pine Road El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 73.4%.

In the area at large, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Pine Road El Sch is one.

Comly Watson Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pine Road El Sch. On composite proficiency, Pine Road El Sch comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pine Road El Sch's enrollment has contracted 34% since 2018, when it stood at 958 (now 628). The White share of enrollment fell from 77% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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