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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABINGTON SD·NCES 420204003226
Rydal Elementary School
1160 Huntingdon Pike, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 · (215) 884-1308 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest 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
17.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
152 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Abington SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 68.4% |
% 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Rydal Elementary School
Rydal Elementary School's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rydal Elementary School this school | 569 | 26.7% | 76.4% |
| McIntyre Elementary School Pittsburgh | 594 | 25.8% | 67.9% |
| Hershey Intrmd Elementary School Hershey | 479 | 26.7% | 77.0% |
| Kernsville School Orefield | 512 | 26.0% | 80.4% |
| Lower Gwynedd Elementary School Ambler | 630 | 19.5% | 77.7% |
| Nether Providence Elementary School Wallingford | 479 | 25.9% | 79.3% |
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 Rydal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #173 of 1,396 | #22 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #233 of 1,511 ▲ 38 | #34 of 92 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #82 of 1,511 ▲ 51 | #10 of 92 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #332 of 1,638 | #22 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,467 of 1,528 | #95 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #429 of 1,531 | #56 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.7% | #1,368 of 1,600 | #56 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #801 of 1,045 | #49 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
569
-65 (-10%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 569 | 33.3 | 17.1:1 | 27% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 34.2 | 16.4:1 | 27% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 32.2 | 16.2:1 | 26% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 16% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 16% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 10% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 16 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rydal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (607 to 569); teachers down 19% (41 to 33.3).
About Rydal Elementary School
Rydal Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, under Abington SD. Enrolled students number 569 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 28% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Abington SD enrolls 8,400 students, and its 9 schools include Rydal Elementary School.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Rydal Elementary School combined. It is also 14% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 6% Black. Montgomery County's residents are about 73% White, 9 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Rydal Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The school reported 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.1:1. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 27% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Rydal Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rydal Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.4% and a predicted 66.2%.
Federal survey data for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 160 public schools operate in Montgomery County, serving about 115,302 students.
The closest public school to Rydal Elementary School is McKinley School, about 1.5 miles away. Within five miles of Rydal Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rydal Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Rydal Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 569, 10% below the 634 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.4 to 17.1 over 4 years.
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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 Abington SD
- Abington SHSHigh · 2,692 students
- Abington Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,044 students
- Copper Beech SchoolElementary · 860 students
- McKinley SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Highland SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Overlook SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other schools in Huntingdon Valley
- Lower Moreland High SchoolHigh · 879 students
- Murray Avenue SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Pine Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Lower Moreland Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley School1.5 mi · 596
- Fox Chase School1.8 mi · 507
- Greenberg Joseph School1.8 mi · 925
- Baldi C C A Middle School2.1 mi · 1,510
- Murray Avenue School2.2 mi · 652
- Jenkintown Middle/High School2.2 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Rydal Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rydal Elementary School?
Rydal Elementary School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades KG-05.
Is Rydal Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rydal Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rydal Elementary School have?
Rydal Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rydal Elementary School?
At Rydal Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Rydal Elementary School in?
Rydal Elementary School is part of Abington SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.