NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Quakertown, PA

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

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9
Schools
4,777
Students
52.9/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Quakertown has more public-school enrollment than 53% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Quakertown lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Quakertown's 9 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 2 middle and 1 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 20-point gap between Springfield El Sch and Quakertown Community Hs shows the range hidden by Quakertown'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 47%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
93rd percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Quakertown Community Hs accounts for 32.9% of all Quakertown public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Quakertown-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

Quakertown school enrollment varies 7.2× across entities

Quakertown school enrollment ranges from 219 students (lowest) to 1,570 students (highest), a spread of 1,351 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Quakertown student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Quakertown is typically wider than the Quakertown-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Springfield El Sch 61
2. Pfaff El Sch 58
3. Neidig El Sch 55
4. Richland El Sch 55
5. Strayer Ms 53
6. 6th Grade Center 53
7. Trumbauersville El Sch 52
8. Quakertown El Sch 48
9. Quakertown Community Hs 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Quakertown

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 Quakertown El Sch 54.0/100
  2. 2 6th Grade Center 47.9/100
  3. 3 Richland El Sch 45.0/100
  4. 4 Neidig El Sch 44.1/100
  5. 5 Quakertown Community Hs 42.3/100

What do families ask about schools in Quakertown?

Which Quakertown school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Springfield El Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Quakertown schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Quakertown, PA? ▼

Quakertown has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,777 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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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.