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Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABINGTON SD·NCES 420204004910
Willow Hill School
1700 Coolidge Avenue, Willow Grove, PA 19090 · (215) 657-3800 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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
11.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
166 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Based on grade levels within Abington SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.9% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.1% | 58.0% |
% 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
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Hill School
Willow Hill School's state test result (68.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Hill School this school | 362 | 45.9% | 68.6% |
| Overlook School Abington | 425 | 42.8% | 71.5% |
| Roslyn School Roslyn | 400 | 42.3% | 64.6% |
| Resica Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 404 | 53.5% | 47.9% |
| Glenside Elementary School Glenside | 360 | 45.6% | 64.1% |
| Smithfield Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 327 | 40.4% | 60.0% |
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 Hill School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #334 of 1,396 | #46 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #382 of 1,511 ▲ 151 | #48 of 92 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #287 of 1,511 ▼ 54 | #40 of 92 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #1,013 of 1,638 | #76 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #419 of 1,528 | #35 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #37 of 1,531 | #6 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #1,060 of 1,600 | #23 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #579 of 1,045 | #39 of 61 |
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
362
-89 (-20%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 362 | 30.3 | 11.9:1 | 46% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 30.6 | 12.1:1 | 45% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 35 | 11.8:1 | 45% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 35% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 34.6 | 11.8:1 | 44% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 39% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 31 | 11.5:1 | 34% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 17% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 28 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Hill School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (409 to 362); teachers down 12% (34.6 to 30.3).
About Willow Hill School
Families in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, are served by Willow Hill School, a small elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 362 students on the rolls.
Abington SD enrolls 8,400 students, and its 9 schools include Willow Hill School.
About 38% of students at Willow Hill School are White, the largest single group. The school is also 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 8% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 73%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. The school has 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Federal data show 46% of students (166) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Willow Hill School lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Willow Hill School would score about 58.0%. It scores 68.6%, 10.6 points above that figure.
In Montgomery County, home to about 867,573 people, the median household earns about $113,915 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Willow Hill School shares Montgomery County with 159 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Willow Hill School is 4th among 8 schools close by.
Willow Hill 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 figures show a drop of 89 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Abington SD
- Abington SHSHigh · 2,692 students
- Abington Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,044 students
- Copper Beech SchoolElementary · 860 students
- McKinley SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Rydal Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Highland SchoolElementary · 452 students
Other schools in Willow Grove
- Upper Moreland High SchoolHigh · 1,077 students
- Thomas Fitzwater Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Eastern Center for Arts and TechnologyHigh · 9 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School0.8 mi · 431
- Roslyn School1.2 mi · 400
- Overlook School1.3 mi · 425
- Highland School1.3 mi · 452
- Upper Moreland High School1.6 mi · 1,077
- Eastern Center for Arts and Technology1.7 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Hill SchoolHow large is Willow Hill School?
Willow Hill School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Willow Hill School serve?
Willow Hill School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Willow Hill School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Willow Hill School is approximately 11.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Willow Hill School?
At Willow Hill School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 13% Hispanic, 28% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Willow Hill School public or private?
Willow Hill School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Abington SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.