Beverly Hills MS

Beverly Hills MS, a well-populated 6-8 campus in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, part of Upper Darby SD, hosts 1,475 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Beverly Hills MS sits 148% larger than that benchmark.

Beverly Hills MS is one of 13 schools operated by Upper Darby SD, a district that instructs 12,173 students overall.

Demographically, Beverly Hills MS reports that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beverly Hills MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 17.1%, a residual of -17.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Beverly Hills MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bywood El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beverly Hills MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beverly Hills MS at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 27.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,462 students in 2018 compared to 1,475 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 10% to 25% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.