Best Public Schools in Frederick, PA

Summary:

The city of Frederick, Pennsylvania has just one elementary school, New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary, which serves students in grades K-5. This school is part of the Boyertown Area School District and has consistently ranked in the top 40% of Pennsylvania elementary schools over the past 3 years, according to the SchoolDigger rankings.

New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary is a strong-performing school, with proficiency rates on PSSA tests exceeding the district and state averages across Math, Science, and English Language Arts. In 2023-2024, the school's Math proficiency rate for all grades was 55.5%, compared to 51.3% for the district and 40.4% for the state. The school's Science proficiency rate for all grades was an impressive 89.1%, well above the district (74.5%) and state (65.8%) averages.

The school has a student enrollment of 583 and a student-teacher ratio of 16.3, slightly lower than the state average of 16.9. The school's spending per student in 2021-2022 was $18,423, higher than the state average of $16,513. Additionally, the school's free/reduced lunch rate of 14.92% in 2022-2023 is lower than the state average of 46.8%, suggesting the school serves a more affluent student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSSA Math (2024)				PSSA Science (2024)		PSSA English Language Arts (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary	Public	K-5	2547 Big Rd	Frederick	19435	Montgomery County	Boyertown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 754-9580	583	36	16.3	14.9%	515 (88.3%)	18 (3.1%)	30 (5.1%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	64.9	589^th of 1526 public elementary schools	61.4%		65.1	595^th of 1534 public elementary schools	61.2%	6	61.7	56.5	48.4	55.5	89.1	89.1	53.6	58.4	59.7	57.3	$18,423	$435	$17,988

Cities Near Frederick

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gilbertsville	2.19 mi	2	211^th
Zieglerville	2.9 mi	1	54^th
Green Lane	4.17 mi	1
Pottstown	4.69 mi	15	445^th
Limerick	4.98 mi	2	80^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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