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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSE TREE MEDIA SD·NCES 422055001937
Rose Tree Elementary School
1101 First Ave, Media, PA 19063 · (610) 627-7201 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
15.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
54 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 Rose Tree Media SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
82.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
80.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 80.5% |
| 2023-24 | 84.9% | 80.4% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% 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 Rose Tree Elementary School
Rose Tree Elementary School's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Tree Elementary School this school | 439 | 12.3% | 83.3% |
| Pine Run Elementary School New Britain | 480 | 13.5% | 77.8% |
| Peebles Elementary School Pittsburgh | 400 | 12.0% | 81.4% |
| Liberty Bell Elementary School Coopersburg | 445 | 13.0% | 82.4% |
| Streams Elementary School Pittsburgh | 468 | 10.5% | 88.7% |
| Maple Glen Elementary School Maple Glen | 452 | 12.2% | 84.4% |
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 Rose Tree Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #64 of 1,396 | #8 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #104 of 1,511 ▼ 25 | #11 of 69 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #42 of 1,511 ▲ 10 | #5 of 69 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #723 of 1,638 | #42 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,270 of 1,528 | #63 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #724 of 1,531 | #41 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.3% | #1,536 of 1,600 | #68 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #196 of 450 | #9 of 25 |
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
439
+29 (+7%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 439 | 29.2 | 15.1:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 29.9 | 14.9:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 28.7 | 14.8:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 25.8 | 15.7:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 10% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 8% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 25 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rose Tree Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (403 to 439); teachers up 13% (25.8 to 29.2).
About Rose Tree Elementary School
Rose Tree Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Media, Pennsylvania. Enrollment stands at 439 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
The 6 schools in Rose Tree Media SD enroll 4,250 students altogether, Rose Tree Elementary School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Rose Tree Elementary School is White: 75%. Next come 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 63% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rose Tree Elementary School scores 42%.
The school lists 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. A total of 54 students, or 12%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Delaware County is 58%.
Rose Tree Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rose Tree Elementary School's results are 10.9 points above predicted: 83.3% against 72.3%.
The school's county is Delaware County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $89,546 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Delaware County number 113, with about 74,663 students.
The closest school to Rose Tree Elementary School is Springton Lake Middle School, located about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Rose Tree Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Rose Tree Elementary School enrolled 410 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 439.
Rose Tree Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rose Tree Media SD
- Penncrest High SchoolHigh · 1,255 students
- Springton Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Media Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Indian Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
Other schools in Media
- Penncrest High SchoolHigh · 1,255 students
- Springton Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Media Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Indian Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
Nearby schools
- Springton Lake Middle School0.7 mi · 1,012
- Media Elementary School1.1 mi · 488
- Paxon Hollow Middle School2.1 mi · 868
- Indian Lane Elementary School2.2 mi · 470
- Wallingford Elementary School2.3 mi · 609
- Penncrest High School2.4 mi · 1,255
Frequently asked questions
About Rose Tree Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rose Tree Elementary School?
Rose Tree Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rose Tree Elementary School serve?
Rose Tree Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rose Tree Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rose Tree Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rose Tree Elementary School?
At Rose Tree Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Rose Tree Elementary School in?
Rose Tree Elementary School is part of Rose Tree Media SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.