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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NESHAMINY SD·NCES 421641001072
Schweitzer Elementary School
Harmony Road, Levittown, PA 19056 · (215) 809-6380 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
177 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 40% smaller than its 4th grade class (94).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
55.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 59.7% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Schweitzer Elementary School
Schweitzer Elementary School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schweitzer Elementary School this school | 407 | 43.5% | 63.5% |
| Brownstown Elementary School Brownstown | 392 | 42.1% | 69.0% |
| Adamstown Elementary School Adamstown | 409 | 41.6% | 65.7% |
| Oxford Valley Elementary School Fairless Hills | 390 | 45.9% | 62.4% |
| Brecknock Elementary School Denver | 441 | 41.5% | 52.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary School Ridley Park | 403 | 43.2% | 53.3% |
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 Schweitzer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #480 of 1,396 | #43 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #312 of 1,511 ▲ 187 | #35 of 72 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #575 of 1,511 ▲ 195 | #45 of 72 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #854 of 1,638 | #46 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #911 of 1,528 | #47 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #702 of 1,531 | #38 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #1,101 of 1,600 | #24 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #812 of 1,045 | #38 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
407
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 407 | 30.2 | 13.5:1 | 43% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 29.9 | 15.2:1 | 39% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 27.4 | 16.7:1 | 37% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 33% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 32% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 25% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 24% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 15% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schweitzer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (433 to 407); teachers down 3% (31 to 30.2).
About Schweitzer Elementary School
In Levittown, Pennsylvania, Schweitzer Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 407 students, covering kindergarten through 4.
A total of 10 schools make up Neshaminy SD, with 9,353 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Schweitzer Elementary School is 75%, a majority. The school is also 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Schweitzer Elementary School are from different groups.
Schweitzer Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.5 students per teacher, from 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Schweitzer Elementary School, 43% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Bucks County is similar, at 40%.
Schweitzer Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.5%, compared with a predicted 59.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Bucks County, the median household earns about $114,764 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Bucks County has 123 public schools with about 81,956 students, including Schweitzer Elementary School.
About 0.1 miles separate Schweitzer Elementary School from the closest public school, Sandburg Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Schweitzer Elementary School at 3rd of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 418 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 407 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 14.9:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Neshaminy SD
- Neshaminy High SchoolHigh · 2,916 students
- Maple Point Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,296 students
- Poquessing Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Tawanka Elementary SchoolElementary · 835 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Other schools in Levittown
- Truman SHSHigh · 1,626 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 975 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 974 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
Nearby schools
- Sandburg Middle School0.1 mi · 729
- Miller Elementary School1.5 mi · 486
- Hoover Elementary School1.5 mi · 661
- Neil A Armstrong Middle School1.7 mi · 668
- Bucks County Technical High School1.8 mi · 1,415
- Oxford Valley Elementary School2.1 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Schweitzer Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Schweitzer Elementary School?
Schweitzer Elementary School enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Schweitzer Elementary School serve?
Schweitzer Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Schweitzer Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Schweitzer Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Schweitzer Elementary School?
At Schweitzer Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Schweitzer Elementary School in?
Schweitzer Elementary School is part of Neshaminy SD.
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