Best Public Schools in Gladwyne, PA

Summary:

The city of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania is home to a single outstanding elementary school, Gladwyne School, which serves grades K-4 with a total enrollment of 540 students. Gladwyne School is part of the highly-ranked Lower Merion School District, which is ranked 7th out of 610 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gladwyne School is a standout institution, consistently ranking among the top elementary schools in the state. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school ranked 42 out of 1,526 schools, and in the previous two years, it ranked 5 out of 1,534 schools and 8 out of 1,534 schools, respectively. Gladwyne School has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating exceptional performance across various metrics.

Academically, Gladwyne School's students consistently outperform the state and district averages in PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) tests for Math, Science, and English Language Arts. In the 2023-2024 school year, 85.8% of Gladwyne School's students were proficient or better in PSSA Math, compared to 80.6% for the Lower Merion School District and 40.4% for the state of Pennsylvania. The school also has a relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 8.7% and a high per-student spending of $25,884 for the 2021-2022 school year, along with a low student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3 to 1 in the 2022-2023 school year.

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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 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 All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gladwyne School	Public	K-4	230 West Righters Mill Rd	Gladwyne	19035	Montgomery County	Lower Merion School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 645-1440	540	44	12.3	8.7%	400 (74.1%)	28 (5.2%)	30 (5.6%)	30 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.6%)	91.9	42^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	97.2%		95.4	5^th of 1534 public elementary schools	99.7%	37	81.9	90.4	85.8	95.6	95.6	83.3	85.1	84.1	$25,884	$249	$25,636

Cities Near Gladwyne

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bryn Mawr	1.72 mi	3	6^th
Narberth	1.81 mi	2	23^rd
Philadelphia	2.07 mi	307	687^th
Ardmore	2.34 mi	2	17^th
Conshohocken	2.37 mi	2

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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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