Elementary school (grades K-5) · Lafayette Hill, PA

Whitemarsh El Sch

Federal NCES profile for Whitemarsh El Sch, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 55/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 421947003411
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🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
96
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Whitemarsh El Sch earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

55
Resource Index · Higher
9.2%
free-lunch eligible
511
students enrolled

School address

Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
District: Colonial Sd · Pennsylvania

NCES ID 421947003411 Verify on NCES CCD record →

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+24 students YoY

Whitemarsh El Sch grew from 480 students in 2022-23 to 504 in 2023-24 (+5.0%).

Teacher FTE added 0.0 → 32.7 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Growing CCD campus

+24 students YoY 421947003411 · Lafayette Hill, PA Elementary · MID · TRAD

511 enr · 9.2% lunch · RII 55

Nearest enrollment peer: Plymouth-Whitemarsh Shs (1,637 students)

Whitemarsh El Sch grew from 480 students in 2022-23 to 504 in 2023-24 (+5.0%). Teacher FTE added 0.0 → 32.7 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Pennsylvania schools → · Find another →

Whitemarsh El Sch in the enrollment neighbourhood

Fall enrollment among this campus and nearest district peers

students

What this shows Whitemarsh El Sch reports 511 students on the CCD universe file.

Source U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data (Public School Universe) As of 2024-25

How Whitemarsh El Sch compares

Whitemarsh El Sch is a growing campus on CCD: ratios and free-lunch share vs Pennsylvania and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 9.2% ▼ 84% 58.1% 51.7%
Enrollment 511 top 42% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

511
Bigger than 63% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Economic need
9.2%
free-lunch eligible - 84% below the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Engagement
1.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$22,679
per pupil, district-wide - above Pennsylvania avg of $18,725
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 511 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 80.8%
Two or More 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino 4.9%
Asian 3.1%
African American 2.7%

Largest group: White at 80.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 33.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 33.6, Whitemarsh El Sch is less mixed than the Pennsylvania school average of 37.3.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

District finance for Colonial Sd reports $22,679 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

How Whitemarsh El Sch Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Shs Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Colonial Ms Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Colonial El Sch Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Plymouth El Sch Similar size Higher economic need No ratio data
Ridge Park El Sch Similar size Similar economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Whitemarsh El Sch's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Colonial Sd · 5 sibling schools

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Nationwide elementary schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Similar enrollment (~511 students)

Frequently asked questions about Whitemarsh El Sch

How many students attend Whitemarsh El Sch?

Whitemarsh El Sch has 511 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Lafayette Hill, PA. CCD year-over-year: 480 (2022-23) → 504 (2023-24), up 24.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Whitemarsh El Sch?

9.2% of students at Whitemarsh El Sch are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Whitemarsh El Sch?

The largest demographic group at Whitemarsh El Sch is White at 80.8% of enrollment, in Lafayette Hill, PA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Whitemarsh El Sch?

Whitemarsh El Sch has a Resource Investment Index of 55/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Colonial Sd?

Besides Whitemarsh El Sch, Colonial Sd also operates Plymouth-Whitemarsh Shs (1,637 students), Colonial Ms (1,268 students), and Colonial El Sch (857 students). See the Colonial Sd district page for the complete list.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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