NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Souderton, PA

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

4,107

Students

54.8/100

Avg Resource Index

11.2:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Souderton has more public-school enrollment than 46% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Souderton Area Shs enrolls 51.6% of Souderton'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

4 of Souderton's 6 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 1 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 12-point gap between Indian Crest Ms and Souderton Area Shs shows the range hidden by Souderton'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 54%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 95th percentile
Teacher staffing: 93rd percentile

Souderton Area Shs accounts for 51.6% of all Souderton public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Souderton a distant remainder — means Souderton-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Souderton school enrollment varies 8.5× across entities

Souderton school enrollment ranges from 250 students (lowest) to 2,121 students (highest), a spread of 1,871 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Souderton student-teacher ratio is 11.2:1 — 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

1 of Souderton's 6 listed schools are charters

17% 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Indian Crest Ms	59	607	middle	Souderton Area Sd
2.	Franconia El Sch	57	426	elementary	Souderton Area Sd
3.	E M Crouthamel El Sch	56	325	elementary	Souderton Area Sd
4.	West Broad Street El Sch	55	378	elementary	Souderton Area Sd
5.	Souderton Cs Collaborative	55	250	elementary	Souderton Cs Collaborative
6.	Souderton Area Shs	47	2,121	high	Souderton Area Sd

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Souderton

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.

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Which Souderton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Indian Crest Ms has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Souderton schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Souderton, PA? ▼

Souderton has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,107 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.2:1.

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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.