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Quakertown El Sch

123 S 7th St, Quakertown, PA 18951 · (215) 529-2410 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
174 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 75%
Community
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0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten
46
Grade 1
41
Grade 2
37
Grade 3
38
Grade 4
56
Grade 5
47
Student demographics
White
16763%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 60%
Hispanic
6223%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 16%
Black
145%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 14%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5%
Two+
197%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
13651%
Female
12949%

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
37.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
265
-20 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.2:1
% White
63%
was 73%
% Hispanic
23%
was 18%
% Black
5%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Quakertown El Sch

Quakertown El Sch is a close-knit elementary campus in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, run under Quakertown Community SD. The school serves 265 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Quakertown Community SD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,558 students. Quakertown El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Quakertown El Sch logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Bucks County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Quakertown El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Bucks County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Quakertown El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of -0.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bucks County) shows that median household income runs about $114,764, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Bucks County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), Quakertown El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Quakertown Community HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Quakertown El Sch. On composite proficiency, Quakertown El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

Quakertown El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quakertown El Sch has declined 7%, going from 285 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 73% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Quakertown El Sch community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.

Bucks County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Quakertown El Sch
District
Quakertown Community SD
Address
123 S 7th St, Quakertown, PA 18951
Phone
(215) 529-2410
County
Bucks County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
265
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
9.8:1
Free/Reduced lunch
174 (66%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
421989005132
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Quakertown El Sch
What is the total enrollment at Quakertown El Sch?
Quakertown El Sch enrolls approximately 265 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Quakertown El Sch serve?
Quakertown El Sch serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Quakertown El Sch?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Quakertown El Sch.
How diverse is Quakertown El Sch?
Quakertown El Sch reports a student body of 63% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Quakertown El Sch public or private?
Quakertown El Sch is a public K-12 school, overseen by Quakertown Community SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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