Rydal Elementary School is located in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. It is one of seven elementary schools in the Abington School District. Two separate buildings house the 457 Rydal students. Kindergarten and grade one children attend Rydal West. Grades two through six are at Rydal East. Though our students have various cultural, religious and socio-economic backgrounds, the common denominator is their high academic achievement. In the last five years, Rydal’s reading and mathematics test scores have been consistently in the top ten on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment.

Rydal School has dedicated itself to meeting the needs of its entire school population. We provide a continuum of regular education support including Abington Students At-Risk, Early Intervention in Reading, English to Speakers of Other Languages, Math Assistance Program, and Accelerated Reading. Rydal’s curriculum specialist, reading consultant and teacher of the gifted provide remediation and enrichment services. Abington’s Program of Excellence serves our mentally gifted students. Itinerant or part-time services are provided to students needing learning or emotional support. Our full-time psychologist offers school-based individual and group counseling. Rydal’s Emotional Support Team meets weekly to discuss student performance and classroom management strategies.

While those on the outside may look at Rydal’s outstanding performance on standardized tests and other measures of student achievement as our greatest strength, we know better. Our greatest strength, and that of which we are most proud, is our people and the spirit of family that exists within our school and community. We are bound together by the single purpose of promoting excellence through collaboration, support, caring and the best instructional practices available. Clearly, Rydal Elementary School is a special place to learn and a special place to grow.