Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUDERTON AREA SD·NCES 422187004900
West Broad Street Elementary School
342 W Broad St, Souderton, PA 18964 · (215) 723-1711 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% 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
10.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
172 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
60%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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
67.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.5pp 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 67 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 67.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.7% | 63.9% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 West Broad Street Elementary School
West Broad Street Elementary School's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Broad Street Elementary School this school | 378 | 45.5% | 67.4% |
| Highland Elementary School Camp Hill | 375 | 41.9% | 60.9% |
| Eshleman Elementary School Millersville | 337 | 46.6% | 73.1% |
| Rossmoyne Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 417 | 51.3% | 62.1% |
| Bucher School Lancaster | 403 | 39.7% | 67.7% |
| Blair Mill Elementary Hatboro | 361 | 53.7% | 60.5% |
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 West Broad Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #369 of 1,396 | #49 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #336 of 1,511 ▲ 48 | #42 of 92 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #413 of 1,511 ▲ 36 | #53 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #960 of 1,638 | #73 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #179 of 1,528 | #12 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #320 of 1,531 | #40 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.5% | #1,070 of 1,600 | #25 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #318 of 1,045 | #20 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
378
-37 (-9%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 378 | 34.9 | 10.8:1 | 46% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 38.5 | 9.9:1 | 45% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 39.6 | 9.5:1 | 38% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 37 | 11.2:1 | 35% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 37.7 | 12.4:1 | 35% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 29% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 9% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Broad Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (468 to 378); teachers down 8% (37.7 to 34.9).
About West Broad Street Elementary School
West Broad Street Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Souderton, Pennsylvania. In all, 378 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Souderton Area SD has 5,974 students spread across 9 schools.
The share of White students at West Broad Street Elementary School is 57%, a majority. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 73% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 10.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at West Broad Street Elementary School, which has 34.9. The school's 10.8:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 46%.
On the allk12 Grade, West Broad Street Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, West Broad Street Elementary School would be expected to post about 58.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.4%.
Census data for Montgomery County show the median household earns about $113,915 a year, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Montgomery County number 160, with about 115,302 students.
The closest school to West Broad Street Elementary School is Souderton CS Collaborative, located about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of West Broad Street Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, West Broad Street Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% decrease, from 415 to 378.
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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
- Vernfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Salford Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Franconia Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
Other schools in Souderton
- Souderton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,121 students
- Indian Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Franconia Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- E M Crouthamel Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Souderton CS CollaborativeElementary · 250 students
Nearby schools
- Souderton CS Collaborative0.8 mi · 250
- Indian Crest Middle School1.2 mi · 607
- E M Crouthamel Elementary School1.3 mi · 325
- Souderton Area High School1.3 mi · 2,121
- Franconia Elementary School1.4 mi · 426
- Hatfield Elementary School1.8 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About West Broad Street Elementary SchoolHow large is West Broad Street Elementary School?
West Broad Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
Is West Broad Street Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Broad Street Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does West Broad Street Elementary School have?
West Broad Street Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Broad Street Elementary School?
At West Broad Street Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 24% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is West Broad Street Elementary School public or private?
West Broad Street Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Souderton Area SD.
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