Russell C Struble El Sch

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Russell C Struble El Sch enrolls 496 students from grades K through 6, run under Bensalem Township SD.

Bensalem Township SD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,368 students. Russell C Struble El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Russell C Struble El Sch records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 24% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bucks County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Russell C Struble El Sch has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 103% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bucks County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Russell C Struble El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of +14.5 points.

In the broader community, Bucks County reports that median household income runs about $114,764, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Russell C Struble El Sch is one of 123 public schools in Bucks County (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students).

Nearest neighbor: Robert K Shafer MS, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Russell C Struble El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Russell C Struble El Sch at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Russell C Struble El Sch's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 496). White enrollment moved from 57% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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