Dingman-Delaware El Sch

Dingman-Delaware El Sch operates as an average-sized primary school in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, operated by Delaware Valley SD. Current enrollment sits at 470 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Delaware Valley SD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,248 students; Dingman-Delaware El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Dingman-Delaware El Sch logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dingman-Delaware El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 60.8%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the surrounding community, Pike County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,323, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pike County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,615 students), Dingman-Delaware El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Dingman-Delaware MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Dingman-Delaware El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dingman-Delaware El Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

Dingman-Delaware El Sch operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dingman-Delaware El Sch has edged down 8%, going from 513 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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