The top reported proficiency rate is 90% in Science. The lowest is 56% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Grasse El Sch
Grasse Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Sellersville, a small historic borough in Upper Bucks County, part of the Pennridge School District. The school sits in a residential community that has been actively revitalized in recent years, with a compact downtown anchored by the Sellersville Theater and a walkable Main Street corridor centered on local businesses and civic anchors like Lake Lenape Park.
The school enrolls a mix of students: roughly three-quarters are white, with smaller populations of Hispanic, multiracial, and Asian students. About a quarter of the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is moderate in size for an elementary school, distributed fairly evenly across the grade bands.
Recent state testing data shows strength in science, where proficiency is notably high. In math, students score solidly in the middle range. English language arts is the softer area, with proficiency somewhat below the school's math and science results. Relative to other schools in Bucks County, Grasse's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile. A parent may want to look into the school's approach to reading instruction with the principal or teachers, since state literacy results trail mathematics performance.
The housing market in Sellersville reflects a stable, moderately priced community. Median home values are below the state benchmark and well below the national average, making the area relatively affordable for Bucks County. Rents are lower than mortgage payments, suggesting that ownership is the more common pathway. The unemployment rate is moderate and household income is above the national median, indicating a working, established community without acute economic distress.
Sellersville itself is in the middle of a deliberate downtown revival. Since 2020, the borough has approved sizable development projects and is actively courting developers to repurpose historic buildings into restaurants, retail, and small offices. The Sellersville Museum was renovated in late 2025, and the community holds events like Winterfest that activate Main Street. Parks dominate civic life: Lake Lenape Park offers trails, ball fields, and a disc golf course that connects Sellersville and adjacent Perkasie for roughly a mile of regional path. The borough has no public transit; SEPTA passenger service ended years ago, though freight rail still runs on the corridor. The nearest library branch is in Perkasie.
At the district level, Pennridge has recently undergone significant change. A new Democratic-majority school board elected in 2023 reversed a controversial social studies curriculum and restored the ninth-grade early American history course and a fourth required social studies credit, effective for the class of 2028 and beyond. The district also moved to block scheduling at the high school starting in 2024-25, creating longer class periods and semester-based course loads. For the first time in eight years, the school board approved a property tax increase for the 2025-26 budget, ending a long stretch of flat tax rates. Families buying or living in the district should factor this tax increase into their household budget planning.
Grasse Elementary itself offers a traditional public school setting without special designations. It functions as a neighborhood elementary school within a district that is actively reshaping its curriculum philosophy and schedule structure at higher grades. For families with children in kindergarten through fifth, the school's particular strength in science and solid overall proficiency position it as a stable choice, though the reading results warrant a closer conversation with the school about instructional approaches.
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