NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Lansdale, PA

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

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11
Schools
8,351
Students
55.7/100
Avg Resource Index
13.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lansdale has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. North Penn Shs enrolls 37.9% of Lansdale's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Lansdale's 11 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 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 16-point gap between York Avenue El Sch and Knapp El Sch shows the range hidden by Lansdale's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 25%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
96th percentile
Teacher staffing
77th percentile

North Penn Shs accounts for 37.9% of all Lansdale public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Lansdale-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Lansdale school enrollment varies 99× across entities

Lansdale school enrollment ranges from 32 students (lowest) to 3,165 students (highest), a spread of 3,133 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Lansdale student-teacher ratio is 13.2:1 — 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

# School Score
1. York Avenue El Sch 65
2. Bridle Path El Sch 64
3. Penndale Ms 58
4. North Penn Shs 56
5. Gwynedd Square El Sch 55
6. Oak Park El Sch 54
7. Inglewood El Sch 53
8. Walton Farm El Sch 52
9. Worcester El Sch 51
10. Knapp El Sch 49
11. North Montco Tech Career Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lansdale

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 Oak Park El Sch 73.8/100
  2. 2 Knapp El Sch 69.8/100
  3. 3 Penndale Ms 68.7/100
  4. 4 Inglewood El Sch 66.6/100
  5. 5 North Penn Shs 65.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Lansdale?

Which Lansdale school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

York Avenue El Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lansdale schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lansdale, PA? ▼

Lansdale has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,351 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.2:1.

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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.