Coopertown El Sch

Coopertown El Sch is a reasonably sized elementary school in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Haverford Township SD. The school instructs 471 students in grades K through 5.

Within Haverford Township SD, which oversees 7 schools and 6,477 students, Coopertown El Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Coopertown El Sch logs that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Coopertown El Sch has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Coopertown El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coopertown El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 87.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Delaware County) records that the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Coopertown El Sch is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Chestnutwold El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coopertown El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coopertown El Sch at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 81.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coopertown El Sch has contracted 6%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 5% to 1% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.