Richland El Sch

Richland El Sch is an intimate elementary school in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, part of Quakertown Community SD. The school enrolls 327 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Quakertown Community SD, which oversees 8 schools and 4,558 students, Richland El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Richland El Sch lists that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% 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, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Richland El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.6%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Bucks County shows the typical household earns roughly $114,764 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Bucks County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), Richland El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Strayer MS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richland El Sch at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 28%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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