Aston El Sch

Aston El Sch is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Aston, Pennsylvania, operated by Penn-Delco SD, works with 405 students in grades K through 5.

Within Penn-Delco SD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,181 students, Aston El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Aston El Sch logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Delaware County's rate of about 58%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Aston El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.0%; this one delivers 57.4%.

Around the school, Delaware County reports that median household income runs about $89,546, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Aston El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pennell El Sch, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aston El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Aston El Sch at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.4%.

Aston El Sch operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

On this page, members of the Aston El Sch community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.