Elementary and Secondary Education

Enrollment

In 2009¨C10, there were about 13,600 public school districts (source) made up of over 98,800 public schools, including about 5,000 charter schools (source) . During this time, there were about 33,300 private schools offering kindergarten or higher grades (source).

In fall 2011, over 49.4 million students will attend public elementary and secondary schools. Of these, 34.9 million will be in prekindergarten through 8th grade and 14.5 million will be in grades 9 through 12 (source) . An additional 6.0 million students are expected to attend private schools (source).

About 1.1 million children are expected to attend public prekindergarten this fall. Enrollment in kindergarten is projected to reach an all-time high of approximately 3.8 million students (source) .

This fall, about 4.1 million public school students are expected to enroll in 9th grade–the typical entry grade for many American high schools (source).

Methacton School District

Audubon Elementary School ranks 391st of 1746 Pennsylvania public elementary schools.(22%)
Arcola Intrmd School ranks 94th of 854 Pennsylvania public middle schools.(11%)
Methacton High School ranks 70th of 683 Pennsylvania public high schools. (10%)

Methacton School District ranks 51st of 573 Pennsylvania school districts. (8%)