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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUDERTON AREA SD·NCES 422187007497
Salford Hills Elementary School
2721 Barndt Rd, Harleysville, PA 19438 · (610) 287-9197 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% 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.
- 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
13.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
72 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 76.9% |
% 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
78.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Salford Hills Elementary School
Salford Hills Elementary School's state test result (78.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salford Hills Elementary School this school | 449 | 16.0% | 78.2% |
| Jarrettown Elementary School Dresher | 454 | 13.4% | 81.6% |
| Penn Wood Elementary School West Chester | 438 | 18.7% | 70.7% |
| Quarry Hill Elementary School Yardley | 464 | 14.2% | 74.6% |
| Media Elementary School Media | 488 | 15.0% | 80.2% |
| Indian Lane Elementary School Media | 470 | 19.6% | 78.8% |
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 Salford Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #141 of 1,396 | #19 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #89 of 1,511 ▲ 38 | #13 of 92 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #197 of 1,511 ▲ 24 | #26 of 92 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #692 of 1,638 | #50 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #964 of 1,528 | #71 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #1,034 of 1,531 | #94 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.0% | #1,491 of 1,600 | #83 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #964 of 1,045 | #56 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
449
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 449 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 33.6 | 13.1:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 33.7 | 13.6:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 12% (56) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salford Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (459 to 449); teachers down 2% (33.7 to 33).
About Salford Hills Elementary School
Salford Hills Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Souderton Area SD in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. The school counts 449 students across kindergarten through 5.
Souderton Area SD enrolls 5,974 students in 9 schools, including Salford Hills Elementary School.
Most students at Salford Hills Elementary School are White: 85% of enrollment. Other students are 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 73% White share among all Montgomery County residents. By the diversity index, Salford Hills Elementary School comes in at 27%.
At Salford Hills Elementary School, 33 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 16% of enrollment. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 24 points higher.
allk12 grades Salford Hills Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Salford Hills Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.2% is 7.5 points above the 70.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Salford Hills Elementary School is located in Montgomery County, where median household income is about $113,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Salford Hills Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 115,302 students.
The closest other public school is Vernfield Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Salford Hills Elementary School's average proficiency of 78.2% compares with 65.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 423 to 449.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Souderton Area SD
- Souderton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,121 students
- Indian Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Indian Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Vernfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Franconia Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other schools in Harleysville
- Indian Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- General Nash Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Vernfield Elementary School1.4 mi · 517
- Marlborough Elementary School3.3 mi · 409
- Indian Valley Middle School3.5 mi · 731
- Perkiomen Valley MS-West3.8 mi · 509
- Oak Ridge Elementary School4.0 mi · 420
- Schwenksville Elementary School4.4 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Salford Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Salford Hills Elementary School?
Salford Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Salford Hills Elementary School serve?
Salford Hills Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salford Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Salford Hills Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Salford Hills Elementary School?
Salford Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Salford Hills Elementary School public or private?
Salford Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Souderton Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.