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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·METHACTON SD·NCES 421425000483
Worcester Elementary School
3017 Skippack Pike, Lansdale, PA 19446 · (610) 489-5000 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A-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
12.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
58 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (92).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Worcester Elementary School→Skyview Upper Elementary School→Arcola Intrmd School→Methacton High School
Based on grade levels within Methacton SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
84.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 84.5% |
| 2023-24 | 78.9% | 86.0% |
% 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
84.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% 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 Worcester Elementary School
Worcester Elementary School's state test result (84.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Elementary School this school | 441 | 13.2% | 84.7% |
| Merion Elementary School Merion Station | 438 | 14.8% | 90.0% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School Collegeville | 426 | 16.0% | 76.0% |
| Cynwyd School Bala Cynwyd | 446 | 14.6% | 82.2% |
| General Nash Elementary School Harleysville | 465 | 17.8% | 72.9% |
| Wayne Elementary School Wayne | 525 | 16.6% | 80.4% |
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 Worcester Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #42 of 1,396 | #8 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #56 of 1,511 ▼ 34 | #9 of 92 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #67 of 1,511 ▲ 70 | #8 of 92 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #715 of 1,638 | #52 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #716 of 1,528 | #58 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #483 of 1,531 | #61 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #1,530 of 1,600 | #90 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #227 of 450 | #21 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
441
+50 (+13%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 441 | 34.3 | 12.9:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 33.4 | 12.9:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 32.4 | 13.0:1 | 13% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 31.8 | 12.9:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 11% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 2% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Worcester Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (409 to 441); teachers up 8% (31.8 to 34.3).
About Worcester Elementary School
Worcester Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The school offers kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 441 students.
The district, Methacton SD, has 4,581 students enrolled across 7 schools.
More than half of the students at Worcester Elementary School are White (66%). Other reported shares: 16% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. The diversity index for Worcester Elementary School is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 12.9:1 is based on 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 13%. That rate is below the 40% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
Worcester Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Worcester Elementary School is 72.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 84.7%.
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 share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Montgomery County number 160, with about 115,302 students.
The closest school to Worcester Elementary School is General Nash Elementary School, located about 2.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Worcester Elementary School is ahead of the 63.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% rise, from 391 to 441.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Methacton SD
- Methacton High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Skyview Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Arcola Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 692 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Eagleville Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Other schools in Lansdale
- North Penn SHSHigh · 3,165 students
- Penndale Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Gwynedd Square Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Walton Farm Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
Nearby schools
- General Nash Elementary School2.2 mi · 465
- Gwynedd Square Elementary School2.4 mi · 610
- North Montco Technical Career Center2.7 mi · 32
- North Penn SHS2.8 mi · 3,165
- Paul V Fly Elementary School3.2 mi · 452
- Stony Creek Elementary School3.2 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Worcester Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Worcester Elementary School?
Worcester Elementary School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Worcester Elementary School serve?
Worcester Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Worcester Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Worcester Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Worcester Elementary School?
Student demographics at Worcester Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Worcester Elementary School public or private?
Worcester Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Methacton SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.