Enrollment
212
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL PARK SD·NCES 420351000060
William Penn Elementary School
110 Woodlet Ln, Bethel Park, PA 15102 · (412) 854-8522 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
33 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (42).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
William Penn Elementary School→Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School→Independence Middle School→Bethel Park High School
Based on grade levels within Bethel Park SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
88.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
95.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.1% | 95.2% |
| 2023-24 | 90.3% | 88.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 William Penn Elementary School
William Penn Elementary School's state test result (92.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Penn Elementary School this school | 212 | 15.6% | 92.1% |
| New Hope-Solebury Lower Elementary School Solebury | 230 | 11.3% | N/A |
| Newton-Ransom Elementary School Clarks Summit | 196 | 7.7% | 76.2% |
| Poff Elementary School Gibsonia | 282 | 14.5% | 92.0% |
| Borland Manor Elementary School Canonsburg | 273 | 22.0% | 77.0% |
| Level Green Elementary School Trafford | 269 | 20.1% | 72.2% |
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 William Penn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.1% | #4 of 1,396 | #3 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.2% | #3 of 1,511 ▲ 12 | #2 of 141 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.1% | #12 of 1,511 ▲ 1 | #6 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #1,510 of 1,638 | #136 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #917 of 1,528 | #79 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #978 of 1,531 | #105 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #1,502 of 1,600 | #128 of 152 |
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
212
+25 (+13%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 212 | 15.7 | 13.5:1 | 16% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 15.7 | 13.1:1 | 16% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 183 | 15.7 | 11.7:1 | 15% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 187 | 16 | 11.7:1 | 11% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 179 | 17.4 | 10.3:1 | 13% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 190 | 17 | 11.2:1 | 12% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 166 | 15 | 11.1:1 | 7% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 233 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 5% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 14 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Penn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (179 to 212); teachers down 10% (17.4 to 15.7).
About William Penn Elementary School
Families in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, are served by William Penn Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 4 and has 212 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 52% lower.
Bethel Park SD runs William Penn Elementary School along with 7 other schools, enrolling 3,996 students in total.
William Penn Elementary School is 83% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. The diversity index for William Penn Elementary School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at William Penn Elementary School comes to 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.5:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. William Penn Elementary School counts 16% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County is 38 points higher.
William Penn Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 99% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
In Pennsylvania, William Penn Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 92.1% compared with a predicted 70.9%.
The school's county is Allegheny County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Allegheny County's 277 public schools enroll about 141,392 students and include William Penn Elementary School.
Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School is about 1.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: William Penn Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 92.1% versus a 70.3% average.
Under the NCES locale system, William Penn Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 212, up from 187 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.5:1, from 11.7:1.
William Penn Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethel Park SD
- Bethel Park High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Independence Middle SchoolMiddle · 602 students
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Bethel Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
Other schools in Bethel Park
- Bethel Park High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Independence Middle SchoolMiddle · 602 students
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Bethel Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other William Penn Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named William Penn Elementary. William Penn Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- William Penn Elementary SchoolMonongahela, PA · 333 students
- William Penn Elementary SchoolBethlehem, PA · 242 students
- William Penn ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School1.3 mi · 597
- George Washington Elementary School1.4 mi · 313
- South Park Middle School1.6 mi · 580
- Bethel Memorial Elementary School1.8 mi · 342
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School1.9 mi · 338
- McMurray Elementary School2.1 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About William Penn Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at William Penn Elementary School?
William Penn Elementary School enrolls approximately 212 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does William Penn Elementary School serve?
William Penn Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at William Penn Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at William Penn Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at William Penn Elementary School?
At William Penn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is William Penn Elementary School public or private?
William Penn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bethel Park SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.