Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNRIDGE SD·NCES 421875001098
Sellersville Elementary School
122 W Ridge Ave, Sellersville, PA 18960 · (215) 257-6591 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
12.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
66 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.9pp since 2023
Math
70.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 70.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 67.4% |
% 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
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Sellersville Elementary School
Sellersville Elementary School's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sellersville Elementary School this school | 292 | 22.6% | 72.4% |
| Williams Township Elementary School Easton | 249 | 25.7% | 75.0% |
| West Rockhill Elementary School Sellersville | 350 | 27.7% | 64.9% |
| Linntown Elementary School Lewisburg | 270 | 25.2% | 78.8% |
| Deibler Elementary School Perkasie | 329 | 18.5% | 69.2% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School Camp Hill | 260 | 19.2% | 77.2% |
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 Sellersville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #248 of 1,396 | #25 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #267 of 1,511 ▲ 23 | #29 of 72 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #302 of 1,511 ▼ 110 | #27 of 72 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #1,274 of 1,638 | #64 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #659 of 1,528 | #32 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #671 of 1,531 | #34 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #1,413 of 1,600 | #39 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.9% | #86 of 1,045 | #1 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
292
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 292 | 23.1 | 12.7:1 | 23% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 24.3 | 12.4:1 | 22% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 25.3 | 11.6:1 | 32% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 26 | 12.0:1 | 28% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 27.2 | 16.0:1 | 29% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 24% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 31 | 18.9:1 | 7% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 36 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sellersville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (435 to 292); teachers down 15% (27.2 to 23.1).
About Sellersville Elementary School
Sellersville Elementary School is a small elementary school in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 292 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 34% below that mark.
Sellersville Elementary School is part of Pennridge SD, where 11 schools serve 5,968 students.
Of every 100 students at Sellersville Elementary School, about 73 are White. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Bucks County's residents are about 81% White, 8 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
The school had 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. The school reported 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 17 points below the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County.
On the allk12 Grade, Sellersville Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The model predicts 67.9% for a school in Pennsylvania with Sellersville Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Sellersville Elementary School posts 72.4%.
In Bucks County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $114,764, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 123 public schools and about 81,956 students.
Measured in a straight line, Pennridge South Middle School is about 1.1 miles from Sellersville Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 72.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Sellersville 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.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 21 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Sellersville Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Pennridge SD
- Pennridge High SchoolHigh · 2,125 students
- Pennridge North Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Pennridge Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Bedminster Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Patricia A Guth Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Grasse Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Other schools in Sellersville
- Grasse Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- West Rockhill Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Pennridge South Middle School1.1 mi · 332
- West Rockhill Elementary School1.6 mi · 350
- Pennridge Central Middle School1.6 mi · 456
- Patricia A Guth Elementary School2.2 mi · 399
- E M Crouthamel Elementary School2.6 mi · 325
- Indian Crest Middle School2.7 mi · 607
Frequently asked questions
About Sellersville Elementary SchoolHow large is Sellersville Elementary School?
Sellersville Elementary School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sellersville Elementary School serve?
Sellersville Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sellersville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sellersville Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sellersville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sellersville Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sellersville Elementary School in?
Sellersville Elementary School is part of Pennridge SD.
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