Ringing Rocks El Sch

Ringing Rocks El Sch is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, run under Pottsgrove SD, hosting 383 students in grades K through 2.

Across the 5 schools in Pottsgrove SD (2,932 students total), Ringing Rocks El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ringing Rocks El Sch records that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 18% Black, 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) logs that median household earnings sit near $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Ringing Rocks El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pottsgrove SHS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Ringing Rocks El Sch's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 383). The White share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.