Whitemarsh El Sch

Whitemarsh El Sch operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Colonial SD. Current enrollment sits at 511 students spanning grades K through 3.

Within Colonial SD, which oversees 7 schools and 5,657 students, Whitemarsh El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Whitemarsh El Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). The remainder reads as 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Whitemarsh El Sch has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Whitemarsh El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.5%.

In the area at large, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Whitemarsh El Sch is one.

Colonial El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitemarsh El Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whitemarsh El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 73.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Whitemarsh El Sch's enrollment has grew 27% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 511). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 85% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.