Rydal El Sch

Rydal El Sch is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, part of Abington SD, hosting 569 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 443.

Across the 9 schools in Abington SD (8,400 students total), Rydal El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Rydal El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rydal El Sch lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Rydal El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Rydal El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 76.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household income runs about $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Rydal El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: McKinley Sch, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rydal El Sch. On composite proficiency, Rydal El Sch comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 607 students in 2018 compared to 569 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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