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Which teacher or staff member at Willow Dale El Sch deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 783 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTENNIAL SD·NCES 420519007388
Willow Dale Elementary School
720 Norristown Rd, Warminster, PA 18974 · (215) 441-6093 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+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
14.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
376 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
47.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 44.6% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Willow Dale Elementary School
Willow Dale Elementary School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Dale Elementary School this school | 728 | 51.6% | 47.7% |
| Donegal Intermediate School Marietta | 806 | 49.9% | 54.4% |
| Central Manor Elementary School Washington Boro | 595 | 51.6% | 62.9% |
| Pittston City Intrmd Center Pittston | 730 | 58.8% | 51.3% |
| Colonel John Siegfried Elementary School Northampton | 808 | 55.2% | 59.3% |
| Bear Creek Community CS Bear Creek Township | 604 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
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 Willow Dale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #923 of 1,396 | #61 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #861 of 1,511 ▲ 16 | #60 of 72 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #978 of 1,511 ▲ 97 | #62 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #118 of 1,638 | #10 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,133 of 1,528 | #57 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #562 of 1,531 | #24 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #970 of 1,600 | #17 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #684 of 1,045 | #29 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
728
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 728 | 51 | 14.3:1 | 52% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 53% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 50% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 51 | 14.4:1 | 47% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 803 | 54.4 | 14.8:1 | 45% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 821 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 43% (356) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Dale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (803 to 728); teachers down 6% (54.4 to 51).
About Willow Dale Elementary School
Willow Dale Elementary School is a public elementary school in Warminster, Pennsylvania. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 728 students. It has 64% more students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Willow Dale Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Centennial SD, which enrolls 5,262 students in total.
At Willow Dale Elementary School, 69% of students are White. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is lower than the 81% White share among all Bucks County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
Willow Dale Elementary School lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 52% of the student body. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County, the school's rate is higher.
Willow Dale Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Willow Dale Elementary School would score about 55.5%. It scores 47.7%, 7.8 points below that figure.
The school's county is Bucks County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $114,764 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Willow Dale Elementary School shares Bucks County with 122 other public schools.
Log College Middle School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Willow Dale Elementary School ranks 8th 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 school's size has been steady, with 734 students in 2020-21 and 728 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Centennial SD
- William Tennent High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- McDonald Elementary SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Log College Middle SchoolMiddle · 603 students
- Klinger Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
Other schools in Warminster
- William Tennent High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- McDonald Elementary SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Log College Middle SchoolMiddle · 603 students
Nearby schools
- Log College Middle School0.2 mi · 603
- Blair Mill Elementary1.8 mi · 361
- Barclay Elementary School1.9 mi · 654
- Crooked Billet Elementary School2.1 mi · 468
- Hallowell Elementary School2.1 mi · 438
- Keith Valley Middle School2.3 mi · 966
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Dale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Willow Dale Elementary School?
Willow Dale Elementary School enrolls approximately 728 students in grades KG-05.
Is Willow Dale Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willow Dale Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Willow Dale Elementary School have?
Willow Dale Elementary School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Willow Dale Elementary School?
At Willow Dale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Willow Dale Elementary School public or private?
Willow Dale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Centennial SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.