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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUDERTON AREA SD·NCES 422187000697
Vernfield Elementary School
960 Long Mill Road, Telford, PA 18969 · (215) 721-0606 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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
13.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
115 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
60.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.1pp since 2023
Math
68.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 68.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Vernfield Elementary School
Vernfield Elementary School's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernfield Elementary School this school | 517 | 22.2% | 70.2% |
| Evergreen Elementary School Collegeville | 465 | 24.3% | 79.8% |
| Bradford Hgts Elementary School Downingtown | 534 | 24.2% | 72.5% |
| Buck Elementary School Langhorne | 571 | 19.1% | 72.7% |
| Springfield Twp Elementary School-Enfield Erdenheim | 550 | 20.7% | N/A |
| Ridge Park Elementary School Conshohocken | 525 | 22.7% | 75.7% |
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 Vernfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #288 of 1,396 | #40 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #293 of 1,511 ▲ 64 | #40 of 92 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #407 of 1,511 ▼ 146 | #51 of 92 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #488 of 1,638 | #34 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #972 of 1,528 | #73 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #808 of 1,531 | #86 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #1,419 of 1,600 | #68 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #216 of 450 | #20 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
517
+58 (+13%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 517 | 37.8 | 13.7:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 38.9 | 13.0:1 | 23% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 37.7 | 13.3:1 | 19% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 19% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 36.8 | 13.0:1 | 20% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 37 | 12.2:1 | 20% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 5% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vernfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (478 to 517); teachers up 3% (36.8 to 37.8).
About Vernfield Elementary School
Vernfield Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Telford, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 517 students in kindergarten through 5.
Souderton Area SD is made up of 9 schools with 5,974 students in all.
White students are the majority at Vernfield Elementary School, with 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1, with 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Vernfield Elementary School is 22%. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 40%.
Vernfield Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Vernfield Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.2%; the prediction is 68.1%.
Vernfield Elementary School is located in Montgomery County, where the median household income is $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Vernfield Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Salford Hills Elementary School, is about 1.4 miles from Vernfield Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 65.5%; Vernfield Elementary School's is 70.2%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Federal data place Vernfield Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 517, a 13% increase from 459 in 2020-21. The ratio was 11.8:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Souderton Area SD
- Souderton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,121 students
- Indian Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Indian Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Salford Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Franconia Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Salford Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 449
- Indian Valley Middle School2.2 mi · 731
- Oak Ridge Elementary School3.0 mi · 420
- Souderton Area High School3.1 mi · 2,121
- Franconia Elementary School3.1 mi · 426
- Indian Crest Middle School4.0 mi · 607
Frequently asked questions
About Vernfield Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vernfield Elementary School?
Vernfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 517 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Vernfield Elementary School serve?
Vernfield Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Vernfield Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Vernfield Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Vernfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Vernfield Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Vernfield Elementary School in?
Vernfield Elementary School is part of Souderton Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.