Springfield El Sch

Springfield El Sch, a low-enrollment K-5 school in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, overseen by Palisades SD, hosts 219 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Springfield El Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Palisades SD, a district that educates 1,372 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Springfield El Sch logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bucks County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Springfield El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 26% of students at Springfield El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bucks County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Springfield El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.5%, the actual is 77.3%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Around the school, Bucks County reports that the typical household earns roughly $114,764 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Springfield El Sch is one of 123 public schools in Bucks County (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students).

Nearest neighbor: Saucon Valley SHS, around 3.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Springfield El Sch. On composite proficiency, Springfield El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

Springfield El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springfield El Sch has grew 12%, going from 195 students in 2018 to 219 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.