Simmons El Sch

Simmons El Sch is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Horsham, Pennsylvania, overseen by Hatboro-Horsham SD, with 610 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Hatboro-Horsham SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,179 students. Simmons El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Simmons El Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Montgomery County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Simmons El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Simmons El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Simmons El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hatboro-Horsham SHS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Simmons El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Simmons El Sch at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Simmons El Sch's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 729 (now 610). Over the same period, the White share fell from 77% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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