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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLONIAL SD·NCES 421947003411
Whitemarsh Elementary School
4120 Joshua Rd, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 · (610) 828-9092 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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
15.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
65 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 114 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 26% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Whitemarsh Elementary School→Colonial Elementary School→Colonial Middle School→Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS
Based on grade levels within Colonial SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
89.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.4% | 89.9% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 82.9% |
% 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
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Whitemarsh Elementary School
Whitemarsh Elementary School's state test result (82.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitemarsh Elementary School this school | 511 | 12.7% | 82.5% |
| Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School West Chester | 529 | 15.7% | 74.5% |
| Chestnutwold Elementary School Ardmore | 566 | 15.2% | 77.9% |
| Media Elementary School Media | 488 | 15.0% | 80.2% |
| Hopewell Elementary School Center Valley | 426 | 13.8% | 75.6% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School McMurray | 495 | 11.5% | 94.8% |
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 Whitemarsh Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #72 of 1,396 | #12 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.9% | #15 of 1,511 ▲ 34 | #3 of 92 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #146 of 1,511 ▼ 62 | #16 of 92 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #502 of 1,638 | #35 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,308 of 1,528 | #91 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #925 of 1,531 | #90 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #1,534 of 1,600 | #91 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.1% | #48 of 450 | #2 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
511
+103 (+25%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 511 | 33.4 | 15.3:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 32.7 | 15.4:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | N/A | N/A | 10% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 11% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 4% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 23 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitemarsh Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (402 to 511); teachers up 15% (29 to 33.4).
About Whitemarsh Elementary School
Whitemarsh Elementary School, located in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 511 students across kindergarten through 3.
Colonial SD counts 7 schools and 5,657 students, including Whitemarsh Elementary School.
Whitemarsh Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 81% White. After that, the student body is 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Whitemarsh Elementary School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Whitemarsh Elementary School counts 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.3 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Montgomery County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Whitemarsh 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.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Whitemarsh Elementary School is 10.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 82.5% actual, 72.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Whitemarsh Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 115,302 students.
The shortest distance from Whitemarsh Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Colonial Elementary School. The five-mile area around Whitemarsh Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Whitemarsh Elementary School comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Whitemarsh Elementary School had 408 students in 2020-21 and 511 in 2024-25, a 25% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Colonial SD
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHSHigh · 1,637 students
- Colonial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,268 students
- Colonial Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
- Plymouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Ridge Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 525 students
- Conshohocken Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
Nearby schools
- Colonial Elementary School0.7 mi · 857
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS0.8 mi · 1,637
- Ridge Park Elementary School1.9 mi · 525
- Springfield Twp Elementary School-Enfield2.5 mi · 550
- Plymouth Elementary School2.5 mi · 612
- Lankenau High School2.5 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Whitemarsh Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whitemarsh Elementary School?
Whitemarsh Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades KG-03.
Is Whitemarsh Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whitemarsh Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Whitemarsh Elementary School have?
Whitemarsh Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Whitemarsh Elementary School?
Whitemarsh Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitemarsh Elementary School?
Whitemarsh Elementary School is overseen by Colonial SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.