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How has Samuel K Faust El Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENSALEM TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 420333001008
Samuel K Faust Elementary School
2901 Bellvue Dr, Bensalem, PA 19020 · (215) 750-2800 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
542 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
35.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 24.2% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Samuel K Faust Elementary School
Samuel K Faust Elementary School's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel K Faust Elementary School this school | 546 | 99.3% | 35.7% |
| Benjamin Rush Elementary School Bensalem | 446 | 91.9% | 28.8% |
| Fox Chase School Philadelphia | 507 | 93.1% | 49.0% |
| Holme Thomas School Philadelphia | 850 | 93.2% | 34.6% |
| Vare-Washington Elementary School Philadelphia | 375 | 87.7% | 40.8% |
| Sharswood George School Philadelphia | 364 | 97.0% | 31.4% |
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 Samuel K Faust Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,111 of 1,396 | #67 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,084 of 1,511 ▲ 128 | #68 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,104 of 1,511 ▲ 61 | #67 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #402 of 1,638 | #27 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #654 of 1,528 | #31 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #26 of 1,531 | #2 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #361 of 1,600 | #6 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #377 of 1,045 | #10 of 50 |
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
546
-74 (-12%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 546 | 43.1 | 12.7:1 | 99% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 46.1 | 11.8:1 | 100% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 38.1 | 14.9:1 | 78% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 78% (481) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 47.3 | 13.9:1 | 60% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 79% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 60% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 44% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel K Faust Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (658 to 546); teachers down 9% (47.3 to 43.1).
About Samuel K Faust Elementary School
Samuel K Faust Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 546 students. It has 23% more students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Bensalem Township SD includes 9 schools. Together they enroll 6,368 students.
The biggest share of students at Samuel K Faust Elementary School, 37%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 25% White, 18% Black, 14% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bucks County's population at about 7%. The diversity index for Samuel K Faust Elementary School is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Bucks County averages 40%, lower than here.
Samuel K Faust Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
In Pennsylvania, Samuel K Faust Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.7% actual against a predicted 35.0%.
Looking at the county, Bucks County, the median household earns about $114,764 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Samuel K Faust Elementary School, Bucks County has 123 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Benjamin Rush Elementary School is closest at about 1.6 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Samuel K Faust Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Samuel K Faust Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 620 (2020-21) to 546 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.8:1 to 12.7:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Samuel K Faust Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bensalem Township SD
- Bensalem Twp High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Belmont Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Cornwells Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Robert K Shafer Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Russell C Struble Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Other schools in Bensalem
- Bensalem Twp High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- School Lane CSCombined · 1,378 students
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Belmont Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Cornwells Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Robert K Shafer Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Rush Elementary School1.6 mi · 446
- Cecelia Snyder Middle School1.6 mi · 453
- MaST Community CS III1.6 mi · 1,290
- Decatur Stephen School1.7 mi · 1,028
- Bensalem Twp High School1.7 mi · 2,151
- Robert K Shafer Middle School1.9 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel K Faust Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Samuel K Faust Elementary School?
Samuel K Faust Elementary School enrolls approximately 546 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Samuel K Faust Elementary School serve?
Samuel K Faust Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Samuel K Faust Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Samuel K Faust Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Samuel K Faust Elementary School?
Samuel K Faust Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 37% Hispanic, 18% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Samuel K Faust Elementary School?
Samuel K Faust Elementary School is overseen by Bensalem Township SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.