Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSTOWN SD·NCES 421968003342
Rupert Elementary School
1230 South St, Pottstown, PA 19464 · (610) 970-6660 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
374 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (71).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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 Pottstown SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 35.0% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Rupert Elementary School
Rupert Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupert Elementary School this school | 379 | 98.7% | 42.6% |
| Barth Elementary School Pottstown | 321 | 97.5% | 55.4% |
| Reeceville Elementary School Coatesville | 384 | 94.0% | 28.1% |
| Marion Elementary School Chambersburg | 292 | 91.1% | 45.6% |
| Richmond School Philadelphia | 351 | 96.3% | 33.6% |
| Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia | 432 | 95.4% | 54.1% |
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 Rupert Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #1,027 of 1,396 | #85 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,074 of 1,511 ▼ 31 | #88 of 92 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #982 of 1,511 ▲ 174 | #81 of 92 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #956 of 1,638 | #71 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,294 of 1,528 | #89 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #30 of 1,531 | #3 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #416 of 1,600 | #9 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #1,037 of 1,045 | #60 of 61 |
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
379
+47 (+14%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 283
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 379 | 24.9 | 15.2:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 24.9 | 15.0:1 | 100% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 24.9 | 14.0:1 | 100% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 99% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 22.9 | 16.6:1 | 100% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 100% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 64% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 17 | 20.3:1 | 31% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rupert Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (380 to 379); teachers up 9% (22.9 to 24.9).
About Rupert Elementary School
At 1230 South St in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Rupert Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 379 students.
Pottstown SD is responsible for 6 schools, Rupert Elementary School included, with 3,205 students in all.
At Rupert Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 32%. The school is also 28% Hispanic, 25% White, and 15% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 9%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.2:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Rupert Elementary School outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Rupert Elementary School is 7.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.6% actual, 35.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
The school's county is Montgomery County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montgomery County's 160 public schools enroll about 115,302 students and include Rupert Elementary School.
Rupert Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Pottstown High School, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles of Rupert Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rupert Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 14%. The school's ratio increased from 13.8:1 to 15.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pottstown SD
- Pottstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Pottstown High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Barth Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
Other schools in Pottstown
- Owen J Roberts High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Pottsgrove SHSHigh · 973 students
- Pottstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Pottstown High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Owen J Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Pottsgrove Middle SchoolMiddle · 678 students
Other Rupert Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rupert Elementary. Rupert Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- RUPERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRUPERT, ID · 620 students
- Rupert ElementaryCrawley, WV · 137 students
Nearby schools
- Pottstown High School1.1 mi · 911
- Pottstown Middle School1.2 mi · 918
- Franklin Elementary School1.3 mi · 354
- Pottsgrove SHS1.6 mi · 973
- Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School1.6 mi · 646
- Lincoln Elementary School1.7 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Rupert Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rupert Elementary School?
Rupert Elementary School enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Rupert Elementary School serve?
Rupert Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Rupert Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Rupert Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Rupert Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rupert Elementary School are roughly 25% White, 28% Hispanic, 32% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Rupert Elementary School in?
Rupert Elementary School is part of Pottstown SD.
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