Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHELTENHAM SD·NCES 420576003255
Wyncote Elementary School
333 Rices Mill Road, Wyncote, PA 19095 · (215) 881-6410 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
163 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (81).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 Cheltenham SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
64.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 56.1% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Wyncote Elementary School
Wyncote Elementary School's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyncote Elementary School this school | 373 | 43.7% | 65.0% |
| Glenside Elementary School Glenside | 360 | 45.6% | 64.1% |
| Myers Elementary School Elkins Park | 310 | 55.2% | 66.1% |
| Cheltenham Elementary School Cheltenham | 406 | 57.6% | 42.8% |
| Willow Hill School Willow Grove | 362 | 45.9% | 68.6% |
| 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 Wyncote Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #442 of 1,396 | #55 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #413 of 1,511 ▲ 175 | #52 of 92 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #410 of 1,511 ▲ 109 | #52 of 92 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #985 of 1,638 | #74 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #298 of 1,528 | #23 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #216 of 1,531 | #28 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #1,099 of 1,600 | #27 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #736 of 1,045 | #47 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
373
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 373 | 32.5 | 11.5:1 | 44% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 32.5 | 11.7:1 | 43% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 30.5 | 11.9:1 | 37% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 31% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 31.4 | 12.9:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 23% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 15% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 27 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wyncote Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (406 to 373); teachers up 4% (31.4 to 32.5).
About Wyncote Elementary School
Wyncote Elementary School is a small elementary school in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Cheltenham SD. School enrollment was 373 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 4.
District-wide, Cheltenham SD has 7 schools and 4,140 students.
Wyncote Elementary School's enrollment is 51% Black. The remaining shares are 28% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Montgomery County's population at about 9%. By the diversity index, Wyncote Elementary School comes in at 65%.
The count of teachers at Wyncote Elementary School is 32.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.5:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The school counts 163 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 44%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Wyncote Elementary School, the prediction is 58.9% and the result is 65.0%.
Among Montgomery County residents, median household income is about $113,915, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Wyncote Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 115,302 students.
Cheltenham High School is located about 0.4 miles from Wyncote Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 49.2%, lower than Wyncote Elementary School's 65.0%.
NCES describes the area around Wyncote Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 348 in 2020-21 and 373 in 2024-25, a 7% increase.
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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 Cheltenham SD
- Cheltenham High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
- Cedarbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Elkins Park SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Cheltenham Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Glenside Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other schools in Wyncote
- Cheltenham High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
- Cedarbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
Nearby schools
- Cheltenham High School0.4 mi · 1,450
- Glenside Elementary School0.7 mi · 360
- Cedarbrook Middle School0.7 mi · 672
- Jenkintown Elementary School1.2 mi · 401
- Jenkintown Middle/High School1.2 mi · 329
- McCloskey John F School1.2 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Wyncote Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wyncote Elementary School?
Wyncote Elementary School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades KG-04.
Is Wyncote Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wyncote Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Wyncote Elementary School have?
Wyncote Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wyncote Elementary School?
At Wyncote Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 8% Hispanic, 51% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Wyncote Elementary School?
Wyncote Elementary School is overseen by Cheltenham SD in Montgomery County.
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