Upper Moreland El Sch

Upper Moreland El Sch is an elementary school of expansive scale in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, part of Upper Moreland Township SD, instructing 1,627 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Upper Moreland El Sch sits 267% bigger than that benchmark.

Upper Moreland Township SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 3,534 students; Upper Moreland El Sch is among them.

Demographically, Upper Moreland El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Upper Moreland El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Upper Moreland El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 56.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Upper Moreland El Sch is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students).

Nearest neighbor: Upper Moreland MS, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Upper Moreland El Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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