Upper Darby SHS

Upper Darby SHS operates as a sprawling 9-12 campus in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, overseen by Upper Darby SD. Current enrollment sits at 4,187 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Upper Darby SHS sits 467% larger than that benchmark.

Upper Darby SHS is one of 13 schools operated by Upper Darby SD, a district that works with 12,173 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Upper Darby SHS reports that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 15% White, 14% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 246 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Upper Darby SHS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Delaware County's rate of about 58%.

After controlling for student poverty, Upper Darby SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 30.6%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Delaware County) logs that median household earnings sit near $89,546, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Delaware County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), of which Upper Darby SHS is one.

Drexel Hill MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Upper Darby SHS comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Upper Darby SHS's enrollment has ticked up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 3,717 (now 4,187). The White share of enrollment edged down from 26% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Upper Darby SHS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.