Bethel Springs El Sch

As a mid-sized primary school in Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, Bethel Springs El Sch hosts 537 students from grades K through 5, operated by Garnet Valley SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Garnet Valley SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 4,425 students; Bethel Springs El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bethel Springs El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Delaware County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bethel Springs El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.7%, the actual is 76.6%, a residual of +4.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Delaware County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Delaware County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), of which Bethel Springs El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Lancashire Elementary School, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bethel Springs El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bethel Springs El Sch at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 66.5%.

Bethel Springs El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 516 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 71% to 67%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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