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What's the most underrated thing about Bywood El Sch that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
683
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER DARBY SD·NCES 422432001960
Bywood Elementary School
330 Avon Rd, Upper Darby, PA 19082 · (610) 352-6842 · Delaware County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
651 students
DISTRICT 102% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 148 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 149 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 155 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's 1st grade class (148) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
14.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.6% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.1% | 16.7% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bywood Elementary School
Bywood Elementary School's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bywood Elementary School this school | 683 | 95.3% | 19.2% |
| Childs George W School Philadelphia | 471 | 94.1% | 26.0% |
| Keystone Academy CS Philadelphia | 642 | 91.0% | 39.8% |
| Pollock Robert B School Philadelphia | 845 | 88.2% | 36.1% |
| Moore J Hampton School Philadelphia | 1,192 | 95.5% | 37.6% |
| Samuel K Faust Elementary School Bensalem | 546 | 99.3% | 35.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bywood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,298 of 1,396 | #58 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #1,363 of 1,511 ▼ 53 | #62 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,421 of 1,511 ▼ 20 | #61 of 69 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #158 of 1,638 | #6 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #605 of 1,528 | #34 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #169 of 1,531 | #13 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #559 of 1,600 | #23 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
683
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 659
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 683 | 54.6 | 12.5:1 | 95% (651) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 55.6 | 11.7:1 | 100% (651) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 48.4 | 13.8:1 | 100% (667) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 100% (697) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 45.9 | 14.9:1 | 86% (584) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 86% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 55% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 858 | 41 | 20.9:1 | 49% (421) |
| 1990-91 | 659 | 38 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bywood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (683 to 683); teachers up 19% (45.9 to 54.6).
About Bywood Elementary School
Bywood Elementary School is the name of a large elementary school in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. School enrollment was 683 students in 2024-25, in grades 1 through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Upper Darby SD has 13 schools; together they serve 12,173 students.
Black students are the largest group at Bywood Elementary School, with 45% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Delaware County, the Black share is about 22%. The chance that two students picked at random at Bywood Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school has about 12.5 students per teacher and 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County is 37 points.
Bywood Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bywood Elementary School would score about 36.7%. It scores 19.2%, a bottom-10% result among Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Delaware County census figures show that median household income is about $89,546, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 113 public schools operate in Delaware County, serving about 74,663 students.
The nearest public school is Beverly Hills Middle School, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bywood Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Bywood Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 700 in 2020-21, 683 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.9:1 in 2020-21 and 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upper Darby SD
- Upper Darby SHSHigh · 4,187 students
- Beverly Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,475 students
- Drexel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,244 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 737 students
- Aronimink Elementary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
Other schools in Upper Darby
- Beverly Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,475 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 737 students
- Stonehurst Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Beverly Hills Middle School0.2 mi · 1,475
- Stonehurst Hills Elementary School0.6 mi · 436
- Penn Wood High School0.8 mi · 1,148
- East Lansdowne Elementary School0.8 mi · 269
- Vision Academy CS0.8 mi · 547
- Upper Darby SHS0.9 mi · 4,187
Frequently asked questions
About Bywood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bywood Elementary School?
Bywood Elementary School enrolls approximately 683 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Bywood Elementary School serve?
Bywood Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bywood Elementary School have?
Bywood Elementary School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Bywood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bywood Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 33% Hispanic, 45% Black, 15% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Bywood Elementary School?
Bywood Elementary School is overseen by Upper Darby SD in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.