NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in King of Prussia, PA

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7 public K-12 schools in King of Prussia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
10,727
Students
51.6/100
Avg Resource Index
11.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Large system with a dominant campus

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, King of Prussia has more public-school enrollment than 82% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. King of Prussia sits near the top of the national city distribution by public-school enrollment, while Agora Cyber Cs alone enrolls 38.7% of local students. The city total therefore does not describe a uniform market: one large campus materially shapes the aggregate, and the remaining schools operate at a different scale. Read the ranked table alongside each campus profile rather than treating the city mean as a typical school.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of King of Prussia's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

King of Prussia lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 313 to 4,156 students, a 13-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 18%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
90th percentile
Teacher staffing
89th percentile

Agora Cyber Cs accounts for 38.7% of all King of Prussia public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means King of Prussia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

King of Prussia school enrollment varies 13× across entities

King of Prussia school enrollment ranges from 313 students (lowest) to 4,156 students (highest), a spread of 3,843 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

King of Prussia student-teacher ratio is 11.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of King of Prussia's 7 listed schools are charters

29% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Candlebrook El Sch 58
2. Agora Cyber Cs 55
3. Upper Merion Ms 51
4. Caley El Sch 51
5. Pennsylvania Virtual Cs 50
6. Upper Merion Hs 50
7. Gulph El Sch 46

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in King of Prussia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Gulph El Sch 75.1/100
  2. 2 Upper Merion Ms 73.5/100
  3. 3 Caley El Sch 73.5/100
  4. 4 Upper Merion Hs 72.4/100
  5. 5 Pennsylvania Virtual Cs 69.2/100

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Which King of Prussia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Candlebrook El Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the King of Prussia schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in King of Prussia, PA? ▼

King of Prussia has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,727 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.