The top reported proficiency rate is 83% in Science. The lowest is 42% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Warren Snyder-john Girotti El Sch
Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary serves a small urban neighborhood school population in Bristol, a historic riverside borough on the Delaware River northeast of Philadelphia. The school enrolls about six hundred students in grades kindergarten through six, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, reflecting the economic composition of the community. The student body is diverse in race and ethnicity, with a majority white enrollment alongside meaningful populations of students identifying as Hispanic, Black, and multiracial.
The school's academic profile shows strength in science but weaker performance in math and English language arts. In science, students performed at a proficiency level well above the midpoint among Bucks County districts. In contrast, math proficiency sits at about half of tested students meeting the standard, while English language arts proficiency is lower still. When averaged across all tested subjects and grade levels, the school falls slightly above the county median for overall proficiency, a position that reflects the science strength partly offsetting softer results in literacy and numeracy. A parent may want to look into what classroom supports exist in math and reading and what the school has underway to strengthen performance in those areas.
Bristol itself is a walkable downtown community with riverfront civic anchors and industrial redevelopment underway. The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library functions as a public center with programming and local history collections, and the Bristol Wharf and Riverfront Park anchor summer community life. The town is experiencing significant new housing development, including the recently opened Radcliffe Court condo community on a former shipyard site, described locally as Bristol's largest residential development in decades. The community is served by SEPTA's Bristol station on the Trenton Line, with connections to employers including Lenox, the tableware manufacturer headquartered in the borough.
The school's parent district, Bristol Borough School District, has held property taxes flat for an extended period, a meaningful economic factor for families considering the area. Housing values in the zip code align with county norms, and median household income in the region is solid, positioning the borough as a mixed-income but economically stable community relative to its peers.
The school serves only elementary grades, so there is no graduation rate or high school pathway information available. Special education enrollment data was not reported. The school does not have Title I status noted. Assessment data from science comes from the prior year; current-year testing data is reported in math and English language arts only. Readers seeking information about advanced or gifted programs, after-school offerings, or staffing ratios should contact the school directly, as those details were not available in the data reviewed.
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