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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING-FORD AREA SD·NCES 422256000716
Upper Providence Elementary School
833 South Lewis Rd Bldg 3, Royersford, PA 19468 · (610) 705-6009 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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
11.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
48 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (105).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Upper Providence Elementary School→Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th→Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center→Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center→Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center
Based on grade levels within Spring-Ford Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.6pp since 2023
Math
79.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 85.6% | 82.8% |
% 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
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Upper Providence Elementary School
Upper Providence Elementary School's state test result (82.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Providence Elementary School this school | 435 | 11.0% | 82.9% |
| Hillside Elementary School Berwyn | 425 | 8.7% | 84.0% |
| Beaumont Elementary School Devon | 459 | 9.2% | 80.0% |
| Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School Downingtown | 488 | 11.1% | 86.0% |
| Bethel Springs Elementary School Garnet Valley | 537 | 13.8% | 76.6% |
| Radio Park Elementary School State College | 424 | 19.3% | 76.0% |
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 Upper Providence Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #68 of 1,396 | #11 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #118 of 1,511 ▼ 67 | #18 of 92 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #136 of 1,511 ▼ 89 | #15 of 92 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #739 of 1,638 | #56 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #230 of 1,528 | #15 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #440 of 1,531 | #57 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #1,557 of 1,600 | #94 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #428 of 450 | #29 of 30 |
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
435
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 435 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 38 | 11.5:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 37.5 | 11.9:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 2% (13) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Upper Providence Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (433 to 435); teachers up 15% (34 to 39).
About Upper Providence Elementary School
Upper Providence Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Royersford, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 435 students, in kindergarten through 4.
Upper Providence Elementary School falls under Spring-Ford Area SD, which has 11 schools enrolling 8,046 students.
Roughly 62% of students at Upper Providence Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 25% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. Among people living in Montgomery County, the White share is about 73%. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers at Upper Providence Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.2:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 11%. Public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Upper Providence Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Upper Providence Elementary School is +10.1 points: 82.9% actual, 72.9% predicted.
Census estimates describe Montgomery County this way: the median household income is $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Upper Providence Elementary School, Montgomery County has 159 other public schools.
Nearby, Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Upper Providence Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Upper Providence Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Upper Providence Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 449 in 2020-21 to 435 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Upper Providence Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Spring-Ford Area SD
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 CenterHigh · 2,629 students
- Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6thMiddle · 1,307 students
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 672 students
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade CenterMiddle · 666 students
- Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
Other schools in Royersford
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 CenterHigh · 2,629 students
- Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6thMiddle · 1,307 students
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 672 students
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade CenterMiddle · 666 students
- Royersford Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Brooke Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
Nearby schools
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center0.2 mi · 666
- Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th0.2 mi · 1,307
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center0.8 mi · 2,629
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center1.1 mi · 672
- Royersford Elementary School1.3 mi · 398
- Brooke Elementary School1.5 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Upper Providence Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Upper Providence Elementary School?
Upper Providence Elementary School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades KG-04.
Is Upper Providence Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Upper Providence Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Upper Providence Elementary School have?
Upper Providence Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Upper Providence Elementary School?
Student demographics at Upper Providence Elementary School are roughly 62% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 25% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Upper Providence Elementary School?
Upper Providence Elementary School is overseen by Spring-Ford Area SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.