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Coebourn Elementary School

1 Coebourn Boulevard, Brookhaven, PA 19015 · (610) 497-6300 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats 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

Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
143 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5116%
Grade 14213%
Grade 25818%
Grade 35718%
Grade 45016%
Grade 56119%

This year's kindergarten class (51) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).

Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
24075%
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
217%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
248%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
72%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
278%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
14445%
Female
17555%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Coebourn Elementary School→Northley Middle School→Sun Valley High School
Based on grade levels within Penn-Delco SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
47.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2547.5%46.3%
2023-2451.0%46.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.

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 Coebourn Elementary School

Coebourn Elementary School's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Coebourn Elementary School this school31944.8%51.8%
Hamilton Twp Elementary School
Sciota
30540.7%63.3%
Quarryville Elementary School
Quarryville
34646.0%51.3%
Karen A. Ionta Elementary School
Hermitage
30747.2%66.4%
Edgewood Elementary School
Folsom
34750.4%50.9%
Newberry Elementary School
Etters
28645.8%51.9%
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 Coebourn Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Delaware County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
51.8%#825 of 1,396#33 of 59
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
46.3%#876 of 1,511
▼ 27
#34 of 69
▼ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.5%#810 of 1,511
▲ 87
#34 of 69
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
319#1,177 of 1,638#56 of 75
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.3:1#120 of 1,528#12 of 74
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
41.6%#725 of 1,531#42 of 74
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
44.8%#1,082 of 1,600#43 of 73
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.4%#589 of 1,045#19 of 45
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 2024-25
Enrollment
319
-40 (-11%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2531930.910.3:145% (143)
2023-2432830.910.6:144% (143)
2022-233332712.3:138% (128)
2020-213592713.3:121% (74)
2017-1836024.814.5:126% (95)
2015-163551819.7:119% (66)
2010-113302215.0:121% (69)
2000-012721815.1:19% (24)
1990-912771716.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coebourn Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 11% (360 to 319); teachers up 25% (24.8 to 30.9).

About Coebourn Elementary School

Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, is home to Coebourn Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 319 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 443.

The 6 schools of Penn-Delco SD, including Coebourn Elementary School, enroll 3,181 students.

The student body at Coebourn Elementary School is 75% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% multiracial, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 63%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.

On staff are 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 45% of students at Coebourn Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Delaware County, the average is 58%.

Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Coebourn Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

Coebourn Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.8% and a predicted 58.4%.

The school is in Delaware County, where the median household earns about $89,546 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Coebourn Elementary School shares Delaware County with 112 other public schools.

Parkside Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Coebourn Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.0%; Coebourn Elementary School's is 51.8%, ranking 5th of 9.

The federal government classifies Coebourn Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Coebourn Elementary School had a net loss of 40 students, or 11%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.3:1 to 10.3:1 over the same years.

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Delaware County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Coebourn Elementary School
District
Penn-Delco SD
Address
1 Coebourn Boulevard, Brookhaven, PA 19015
Phone
(610) 497-6300
County
Delaware County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
319
Teachers (FTE)
31
Student–teacher ratio
10.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
143 (45%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
421858001910
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Coebourn Elementary School
How large is Coebourn Elementary School?
Coebourn Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Coebourn Elementary School serve?
Coebourn Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Coebourn Elementary School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Coebourn Elementary School.
How diverse is Coebourn Elementary School?
Coebourn Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 7% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Coebourn Elementary School?
Coebourn Elementary School is overseen by Penn-Delco SD in Delaware County.
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