Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNRIDGE SD·NCES 421875009958
West Rockhill Elementary School
1000 Washington Ave, Sellersville, PA 18960 · (215) 257-9200 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
97 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
45.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -19.5pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 66.1% |
% 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Rockhill Elementary School
West Rockhill Elementary School's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Rockhill Elementary School this school | 350 | 27.7% | 64.9% |
| East Hanover Elementary School Grantville | 333 | 30.6% | 52.4% |
| Brandywine Heights Elementary School Topton | 372 | 32.3% | 57.5% |
| Schuylkill Elementary School Phoenixville | 418 | 29.2% | 66.0% |
| Dormont Elementary School Pittsburgh | 380 | 33.4% | 80.1% |
| Grasse Elementary School Sellersville | 394 | 22.6% | 68.7% |
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 West Rockhill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #444 of 1,396 | #40 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #286 of 1,511 ▲ 37 | #33 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #860 of 1,511 ▼ 396 | #57 of 72 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,055 of 1,638 | #61 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #998 of 1,528 | #52 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #907 of 1,531 | #55 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #1,358 of 1,600 | #35 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #550 of 1,045 | #22 of 50 |
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
350
+29 (+9%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 350 | 25.5 | 13.8:1 | 28% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 26% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 27.7 | 12.7:1 | 34% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 28% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 22.7 | 17.6:1 | 33% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 26% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 10% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Rockhill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (399 to 350); teachers up 12% (22.7 to 25.5).
About West Rockhill Elementary School
West Rockhill Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 350 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 21% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
A total of 11 schools make up Pennridge SD, with 5,968 students enrolled.
At West Rockhill Elementary School, White students make up 80% of the student body. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 81% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, West Rockhill Elementary School comes in at 34%.
The school reported 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.8:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. Eligible students account for 28% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County is 12 points.
West Rockhill Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at West Rockhill Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (64.9% actual, 65.7% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bucks County show that median household income is about $114,764, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 123 public schools in Bucks County, with a combined enrollment of about 81,956.
The school nearest to West Rockhill Elementary School is Pennridge South Middle School, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Within five miles of West Rockhill Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. West Rockhill Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
West Rockhill Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 321 in 2020-21 and 350 in 2024-25, a increase of 29 students.
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pennridge SD
- Pennridge High SchoolHigh · 2,125 students
- Pennridge North Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Pennridge Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Bedminster Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Patricia A Guth Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Grasse Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Other schools in Sellersville
- Grasse Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Sellersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Pennridge South Middle School1.1 mi · 332
- Sellersville Elementary School1.6 mi · 292
- Patricia A Guth Elementary School2.1 mi · 399
- Pennridge Central Middle School2.9 mi · 456
- Pennridge High School3.0 mi · 2,125
- Pennridge North Middle School3.3 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About West Rockhill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West Rockhill Elementary School?
West Rockhill Elementary School enrolls approximately 350 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does West Rockhill Elementary School serve?
West Rockhill Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at West Rockhill Elementary School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at West Rockhill Elementary School.
How diverse is West Rockhill Elementary School?
West Rockhill Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees West Rockhill Elementary School?
West Rockhill Elementary School is overseen by Pennridge SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.