The top reported proficiency rate is 96% in Science. The lowest is 72% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Edgewood El Sch
Edgewood Elementary sits in Yardley, a small, historic borough in Bucks County lined with 18th- and 19th-century homes along a compact Main Street anchored by independent shops, cafés, and civic anchors like Lake Afton and the Delaware Canal towpath. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade and enrolls a solid-sized cohort of students, most of whom live in the surrounding area and nearby Lower Makefield Township. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Asian, multiracial, and Hispanic families; only a modest portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the affluent to upper-middle-class character of the community.
On academics, Edgewood is a strong performer. In the most recent state testing data available, the school achieved proficiency rates of roughly three-quarters in math and about seven-tenths in English language arts among its third through fifth graders—solid ground in both core subjects. The school's science results from an earlier tested year showed very high proficiency, well above nine in ten students meeting the standard. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Bucks County school districts, a distinction that reflects consistent strength in literacy and numeracy across its elementary grades.
The school operates within Pennsbury School District, a sprawling K-12 system headquartered in Levittown that serves multiple townships and boroughs in the county. Parents should know that Pennsbury has adopted the maximum allowable property tax increase under state law for the past several budget cycles and has drawn on fund reserves to cover rising costs. The district is undertaking a major capital project: a new high school under construction, financed through bonds issued over several years, with total principal and interest payments extending into the early 2060s. The district has advertised further tax increases beyond the 2025-26 cycle to cover debt service and special education costs, so families buying into the Yardley area should weigh both current tax rates and the structural tax commitments ahead.
Housing in the Yardley zip code runs at upper-middle to affluent levels, with median home values well above the state benchmark and rents also elevated. Recent development in and around Yardley has included single-family subdivisions by Toll Brothers and smaller builders, active-adult communities, and ongoing infill projects subject to the borough's Historic Architectural Review Board. The community itself is one of the most walkable in Bucks County, with strong public investment in sidewalk connectivity and civic life centered on Main Street and Lake Afton, though the school itself sits on a separate campus rather than integrated into the downtown core.
Special-education enrollment data and English-learner rates were not available in the data provided, so a parent may want to contact Edgewood directly to understand the breadth of support services for students with identified needs or language support. Overall, Edgewood delivers elementary-level academic performance well above the county average in a walkable, historic community with strong demographics, set against a district landscape of rising property taxes and substantial long-term debt commitments.
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