Schools · Bensalem
Bensalem, PA schools
16 public, charter and private schools in Bensalem. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Bensalem’s School Grade: C
The public schools Bensalem’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresCGraduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 30%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (1,873)Better than 7%
Towns in Bucks County (31)Better than 3%
High confidence. Built on 2,451 tested students and a graduating class of 508; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Bensalem Township)21%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
508
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #749 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving Bensalem
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 16 schools in Bensalem
Showing 1–16 of 16 schools
Valley El SchElementary · Grades K–6 · 588 students
C-PublicBelmont Hills El SchElementary · Grades K–6 · 580 students
CPublicCornwells El SchElementary · Grades K–6 · 556 students
C-PublicSamuel K Faust El SchElementary · Grades K–6 · 546 students
DPublicRussell C Struble El SchElementary · Grades K–6 · 496 students
C+PublicBenjamin Rush El SchElementary · Grades K–6 · 446 students
C-PublicRobert K Shafer MSMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 552 students
C-PublicCecelia Snyder MSMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 453 students
C-PublicBensalem Twp HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,151 students
C+PublicSchool Lane CSOther · Grades K–12 · 1,378 students
BCharterHOLY GHOST PREP
PrivateNESHAMINY VALLEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivatePHILADELPHIA CHRISTIAN CENTER ACADEMY
PrivateST CHARLES BORROMEO SCHOOL
PrivateST EPHREM SCHOOL
PrivateST KATHARINE DREXEL SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.