Upper Providence El Sch vs Limerick El Sch

Limerick El Sch holds the stronger overall rating between these two Royersford elementaries, scoring 9.5/10 versus Upper Providence El Sch's 9.2/10 — a 0.3-point gap that takes on more weight in state context. Limerick El Sch ranks #11 of 2,842 Pennsylvania elementary schools, while Upper Providence El Sch ranks #42 of 2,842. Both are elite performers by any measure, but Limerick's statewide position places it in the top half of one percent, 31 spots ahead of its neighbor 3.3 miles away.

The academic scores are nearly identical — Upper Providence El Sch posts a 9.4/10 versus Limerick El Sch's 9.3/10, a negligible 0.1-point difference that effectively makes them peers on proficiency. Growth tells a different story. Limerick El Sch scores 9.7/10 on growth compared to Upper Providence El Sch's 9.1/10, a 0.6-point gap indicating that Limerick students are advancing at a faster rate relative to similar peers — a metric that often matters more than raw proficiency for families focused on trajectory rather than starting point.

The two schools differ considerably in size and student demographics. Upper Providence El Sch enrolls 437 students with a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1, while Limerick El Sch serves 247 students at a tighter 9.5:1 ratio — nearly two fewer students per teacher. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility stands at 11% at Upper Providence El Sch versus 27% at Limerick El Sch, meaning Limerick serves a meaningfully higher share of economically disadvantaged families while still outranking its peer on nearly every performance metric.

Both schools serve grades KG through 04, so the grade-span comparison is a direct match — no program overlap or gap for families making a K–4 decision. Neither school has a distinct magnet or specialty program distinguishing one from the other at the program level based on available data.