Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUAKERTOWN COMMUNITY SD·NCES 421989001121
Richland Elementary School
500 Fairview Ave, Quakertown, PA 18951 · (215) 529-2450 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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
12.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
130 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 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
45%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
Based on grade levels within Quakertown Community SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
52.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 52.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 50.9% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Richland Elementary School
Richland Elementary School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Elementary School this school | 327 | 39.8% | 51.7% |
| Nye Elementary School Hummelstown | 317 | 39.4% | 58.1% |
| Brownstown Elementary School Brownstown | 392 | 42.1% | 69.0% |
| Indian Rock Elementary School York | 314 | 37.3% | 72.9% |
| Schaeffer School Lancaster | 318 | 42.5% | 71.6% |
| Adamstown Elementary School Adamstown | 409 | 41.6% | 65.7% |
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 Richland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #827 of 1,396 | #55 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #729 of 1,511 ▲ 6 | #57 of 72 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #905 of 1,511 ▲ 201 | #59 of 72 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #1,150 of 1,638 | #63 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #566 of 1,528 | #25 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #648 of 1,531 | #32 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #1,165 of 1,600 | #30 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #141 of 1,045 | #3 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
327
-58 (-15%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 327 | 26.3 | 12.4:1 | 40% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 24.1 | 14.2:1 | 38% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 27.3 | 12.7:1 | 38% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 40% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 29.3 | 15.4:1 | 35% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 33% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 19% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (452 to 327); teachers down 10% (29.3 to 26.3).
About Richland Elementary School
The public elementary school Richland Elementary School is located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. It has an enrollment of 327 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 26% below that mark.
Quakertown Community SD has 8 schools and 4,558 students, and Richland Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Richland Elementary School is 72% White. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Bucks County, the White share is about 81%. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Richland Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. On the income side, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Bucks County is similar, at 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Richland Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 32% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Richland Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.7%, compared with a predicted 60.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Bucks County, where median household income comes to about $114,764, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Bucks County's 123 public schools enroll about 81,956 students and include Richland Elementary School.
Strayer Middle School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Richland Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Richland Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 51.7% against a local average of 51.0%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 58 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 15.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
Richland Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other Richland Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 12 states are named Richland Elementary. Richland Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 16.
- Richland Elementary SchoolJohnstown, PA · 831 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolGibsonia, PA · 470 students
- Richland ElementaryMemphis, TN · 907 students
- Richland ElementarySan Marcos, CA · 883 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolCrest Hill, IL · 774 students
Nearby schools
- Strayer Middle School0.3 mi · 737
- Neidig Elementary School0.7 mi · 470
- Quakertown Community High School1.0 mi · 1,570
- Quakertown Elementary School1.1 mi · 265
- 6th Grade Center1.2 mi · 331
- Trumbauersville Elementary School3.0 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Richland Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Richland Elementary School?
Richland Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Richland Elementary School serve?
Richland Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Richland Elementary School have?
Richland Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Richland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Richland Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Richland Elementary School in?
Richland Elementary School is part of Quakertown Community SD.
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