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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERKIOMEN VALLEY SD·NCES 421893000382
Skippack Elementary School
4081 Heckler Rd, Collegeville, PA 19426 · (610) 409-6060 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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
12.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
100 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
74.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 79.9% | 70.5% |
% 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
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Skippack Elementary School
Skippack Elementary School's state test result (76.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skippack Elementary School this school | 557 | 18.0% | 76.6% |
| Bon Meade Elementary School Moon township | 572 | 18.5% | 84.1% |
| Chatham Park Elementary School Havertown | 582 | 15.6% | 83.4% |
| Buck Elementary School Langhorne | 571 | 19.1% | 72.7% |
| Maureen M Welch Elementary School Churchville | 521 | 18.4% | 63.0% |
| Culbertson Elementary School Newtown Square | 523 | 19.5% | 68.2% |
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 Skippack Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #169 of 1,396 | #21 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #226 of 1,511 ▲ 8 | #33 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #147 of 1,511 ▼ 25 | #17 of 92 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #365 of 1,638 | #24 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #579 of 1,528 | #48 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #902 of 1,531 | #89 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #1,470 of 1,600 | #77 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #242 of 1,045 | #16 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
557
-47 (-8%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 557 | 44.8 | 12.4:1 | 18% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 45.8 | 12.3:1 | 18% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 43.8 | 13.3:1 | 13% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 9% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 44.5 | 16.0:1 | 9% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 8% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 798 | 45 | 17.7:1 | 4% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 698 | 37 | 18.9:1 | 9% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Skippack Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (714 to 557); teachers up 1% (44.5 to 44.8).
About Skippack Elementary School
Skippack Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Pennsylvania, located in Collegeville. School enrollment was 557 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Perkiomen Valley SD is the local district for Skippack Elementary School. It runs 7 schools with 4,672 students.
About 80% of the student body at Skippack Elementary School is White. Other reported shares: 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 34% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 18%. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 22 points higher.
Skippack Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Skippack Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.6%, compared with a predicted 69.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Montgomery County, the median household income is $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 160 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 115,302 students in all.
The school nearest to Skippack Elementary School is South East Youth Dev Center, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Skippack Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 557, an 8% decrease from 604 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 13.7:1 to 12.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Skippack Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Perkiomen Valley SD
- Perkiomen Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,616 students
- Perkiomen Valley MS-EastMiddle · 592 students
- Perkiomen Valley MS-WestMiddle · 509 students
- Schwenksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- South Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in Collegeville
- Perkiomen Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,616 students
- Perkiomen Valley MS-EastMiddle · 592 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- South East Youth Dev CenterHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- South East Youth Dev Center0.8 mi · 1
- Perkiomen Valley High School2.0 mi · 1,616
- Evergreen Elementary School2.3 mi · 465
- Perkiomen Valley MS-East2.3 mi · 592
- South Elementary School2.7 mi · 459
- Methacton High School3.2 mi · 1,499
Frequently asked questions
About Skippack Elementary SchoolHow large is Skippack Elementary School?
Skippack Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Skippack Elementary School serve?
Skippack Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Skippack Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Skippack Elementary School.
How diverse is Skippack Elementary School?
Skippack Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Skippack Elementary School?
Skippack Elementary School is overseen by Perkiomen Valley SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.