Schools · Lower Makefield
Lower Makefield, PA schools
9 public, charter and private schools in Lower Makefield. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
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Lower Makefield’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Lower Makefield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
A-Test scoresB+Graduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 83%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (165)Better than 24%
Towns in Bucks County (31)Better than 58%
High confidence. Built on 4,311 tested students and a graduating class of 765; 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 (Pennsbury)46%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
96% graduate on time
Graduation rate
96%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
765
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #209 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving Lower Makefield
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 9 schools in Lower Makefield
Showing 1–9 of 9 schools
Edgewood El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 557 students
A+PublicAfton El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 483 students
A+PublicQuarry Hill El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 464 students
APublicMakefield El SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 397 students
APublicWilliam Penn MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 904 students
B+PublicPennwood MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 740 students
BPublicCharles H Boehm MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 651 students
BPublicNEW HOPE ACADEMY
PrivateST IGNATIUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.