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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSBURY SD·NCES 421884001102
Quarry Hill Elementary School
1625 Quarry Rd, Yardley, PA 19067 · (215) 321-2400 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
66 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
63.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.3pp since 2023
Math
75.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 75.7% |
| 2023-24 | 74.9% | 74.4% |
% 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Quarry Hill Elementary School
Quarry Hill Elementary School's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry Hill Elementary School this school | 464 | 14.2% | 74.6% |
| Media Elementary School Media | 488 | 15.0% | 80.2% |
| Salford Hills Elementary School Harleysville | 449 | 16.0% | 78.2% |
| Jarrettown Elementary School Dresher | 454 | 13.4% | 81.6% |
| Maple Glen Elementary School Maple Glen | 452 | 12.2% | 84.4% |
| Penn Wood Elementary School West Chester | 438 | 18.7% | 70.7% |
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 Quarry Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #207 of 1,396 | #17 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #173 of 1,511 ▼ 6 | #13 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #339 of 1,511 ▼ 120 | #31 of 72 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #645 of 1,638 | #39 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #711 of 1,528 | #37 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #869 of 1,531 | #50 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #1,518 of 1,600 | #59 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #903 of 1,045 | #46 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
464
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 674
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 464 | 36.1 | 12.8:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 36.1 | 13.3:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 35.2 | 13.5:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 38 | 11.7:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 36.2 | 13.3:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 674 | 40 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quarry Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (482 to 464); teachers unchanged (36.2 to 36.1).
About Quarry Hill Elementary School
Families in Yardley, Pennsylvania, are served by Quarry Hill Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 464 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Quarry Hill Elementary School falls under Pennsbury SD, which has 14 schools enrolling 9,435 students.
The largest group at Quarry Hill Elementary School is White students, at 80%. Enrollment also includes 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. Bucks County residents are about 81% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Quarry Hill Elementary School scores 36%.
Based on 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Quarry Hill Elementary School has a ratio of 12.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 14%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bucks County is 40%.
Quarry Hill Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 71.5%. Quarry Hill Elementary School scores 74.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Bucks County show that median household income comes to about $114,764, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 123, with about 81,956 students.
Quarry Hill Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Afton Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Quarry Hill Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Quarry Hill Elementary School is ahead of the 67.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The NCES locale for Quarry Hill Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 446 to 464. The ratio was 11.7:1 in 2020-21 and 12.8:1 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 Pennsbury SD
- Pennsbury High SchoolHigh · 2,847 students
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- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
Other schools in Yardley
- William Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Makefield Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Afton Elementary School0.2 mi · 483
- Edgewood Elementary School2.3 mi · 557
- Goodnoe Elementary School2.9 mi · 668
- Francis Lore Elementary School3.0 mi · 505
- Buck Elementary School3.0 mi · 571
- Maple Point Middle School3.0 mi · 1,296
Frequently asked questions
About Quarry Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Quarry Hill Elementary School?
Quarry Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Quarry Hill Elementary School serve?
Quarry Hill Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Quarry Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Quarry Hill Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Quarry Hill Elementary School?
At Quarry Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Quarry Hill Elementary School public or private?
Quarry Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pennsbury SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.