Drexel Hill MS

Drexel Hill MS, a high-enrollment junior high in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, part of Upper Darby SD, educates 1,244 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 109% above the state mean of about 594.

Across the 13 schools in Upper Darby SD (12,173 students total), Drexel Hill MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Drexel Hill MS shows that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 24% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Drexel Hill MS records 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 104% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Delaware County (around 58%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Drexel Hill MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.1%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of -10.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Delaware County put the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Drexel Hill MS is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Upper Darby Kdg Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Drexel Hill MS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.7%.

Drexel Hill MS operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Drexel Hill MS's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,365 (now 1,244). White enrollment moved from 51% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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