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Black student results in Bensalem Township School District

Across 8 schools in Bensalem Township School District, 22.2% of Black students meet proficient. That is 3.8 points below the Pennsylvania average for Black students.

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36%
All students
22.2%
Black
27.4%
Hispanic
41.6%
White
53.3%
Asian

Average across the 8 schools in Bensalem Township School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 8 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Russell C Struble El Sch reports 31.8% of Black students meeting the standard. Benjamin Rush El Sch, in the same district, reports 11.2%. That is a 20.6-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Bensalem Township School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Russell C Struble El Sch 43% 31.8% 33.3% 47% 48.9%
Belmont Hills El Sch 41.7% 26.9% 32.6% 48.9% 40.8%
Valley El Sch 37.6% 25% 30.7% 36.6% 63.3%
Cornwells El Sch 43% 24.1% 35.4% 43.3% 72.4%
Samuel K Faust El Sch 35.2% 23.6% 28% 41.8% 59.5%
Robert K Shafer Ms 37.1% 19.2% 27.1% 43.2% 53.8%
Cecelia Snyder Ms 24.2% 16% 14.5% 25.9% 37.5%
Benjamin Rush El Sch 25.8% 11.2% 17.8% 46% 50%

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How to read this. Pennsylvania suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,156 of Pennsylvania's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Pennsylvania figures should not be compared against another state's.

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