Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUAKERTOWN COMMUNITY SD·NCES 421989005132
Quakertown Elementary School
123 S 7th St, Quakertown, PA 18951 · (215) 529-2410 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
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
0
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 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Quakertown Elementary School→6th Grade Center→Strayer Middle School→Quakertown Community High School
Based on grade levels within Quakertown Community SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 48.6% |
% 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
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
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Quakertown Elementary School
Quakertown Elementary School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quakertown Elementary School this school | 265 | 65.7% | 49.0% |
| Fulton Elementary School Ephrata | 297 | 61.6% | 63.4% |
| Hanover Street Elementary School Hanover | 269 | 72.9% | 62.7% |
| Salisbury Elementary School Gap | 258 | 63.6% | 52.4% |
| Pequea Elementary School Willow Street | 336 | 58.0% | 62.3% |
| Akron Elementary School Akron | 276 | 69.9% | 61.7% |
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 Quakertown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #891 of 1,396 | #58 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #699 of 1,511 ▲ 95 | #54 of 72 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,067 of 1,511 ▲ 63 | #66 of 72 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #1,363 of 1,638 | #66 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #73 of 1,528 | #2 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #467 of 1,531 | #15 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #760 of 1,600 | #13 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #778 of 1,045 | #34 of 50 |
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
265
-29 (-10%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 265 | 27 | 9.8:1 | 66% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 23.7 | 10.9:1 | 67% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 21.7 | 11.6:1 | 65% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 56% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 23.3 | 12.2:1 | 54% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 52% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 254 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 39% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 18 | 20.1:1 | 25% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 19 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quakertown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (285 to 265); teachers up 16% (23.3 to 27).
About Quakertown Elementary School
Quakertown Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Pennsylvania, located in Quakertown. Its 265 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 40% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Quakertown Community SD, which runs Quakertown Elementary School, has 8 schools and 4,558 students.
By race and ethnicity, Quakertown Elementary School is 63% White. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census figures show Bucks County is about 81% White. Quakertown Elementary School has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 27 full-time equivalents, or about 9.8 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. About 66% of students, or 174, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Bucks County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
Quakertown Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Quakertown Elementary School would be expected to post about 49.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bucks County show that median household income is about $114,764, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Quakertown Elementary School is one of 123 public schools in Bucks County, which together enroll about 81,956 students.
Quakertown Community High School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Quakertown Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
Quakertown Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 294 in 2020-21 and 265 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2020-21 to 9.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Quakertown Community SD
- Quakertown Community High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Strayer Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Pfaff Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Neidig Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Trumbauersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- 6th Grade CenterMiddle · 331 students
Other schools in Quakertown
- Quakertown Community High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Strayer Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Pfaff Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Neidig Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Trumbauersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- 6th Grade CenterMiddle · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Quakertown Community High School0.1 mi · 1,570
- 6th Grade Center0.4 mi · 331
- Neidig Elementary School0.9 mi · 470
- Richland Elementary School1.1 mi · 327
- Strayer Middle School1.1 mi · 737
- Trumbauersville Elementary School2.2 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Quakertown Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Quakertown Elementary School?
Quakertown Elementary School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Quakertown Elementary School serve?
Quakertown Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Quakertown Elementary School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Quakertown Elementary School.
How diverse is Quakertown Elementary School?
Quakertown Elementary School reports a student body of 63% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Quakertown Elementary School public or private?
Quakertown Elementary School 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.