Enrollment
226
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDLEY SD·NCES 422037005043
Eddystone Elementary School
1410 E. 9th Street, Eddystone, PA 19022 · (610) 534-1900 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL226 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
198 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Ridley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 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 up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 33.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Eddystone Elementary School
Eddystone Elementary School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddystone Elementary School this school | 226 | 87.6% | 43.0% |
| Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 Pittsburgh | 278 | 84.5% | 27.2% |
| Marcus Hook Elementary School Marcus Hook | 237 | 91.1% | 39.9% |
| Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 Pittsburgh | 233 | 91.4% | 46.6% |
| Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 Pittsburgh | 248 | 96.8% | 32.2% |
| Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy Philadelphia | 338 | 91.4% | 47.1% |
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 Eddystone Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,020 of 1,396 | #39 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #889 of 1,511 ▲ 173 | #35 of 69 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,018 of 1,511 ▲ 140 | #41 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 226 | #1,474 of 1,638 | #73 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #206 of 1,528 | #18 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #76 of 1,531 | #6 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #673 of 1,600 | #29 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #247 of 450 | #12 of 25 |
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
226
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 226 | 20.5 | 11.0:1 | 88% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 20.2 | 11.4:1 | 86% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 20.9 | 11.5:1 | 92% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 224 | 20 | 11.2:1 | 83% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 211 | 20.5 | 10.3:1 | 79% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 204 | 17 | 12.0:1 | 80% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 222 | 19 | 11.7:1 | 68% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 274 | 27 | 10.2:1 | 43% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 242 | 12 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eddystone Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (211 to 226); teachers unchanged (20.5 to 20.5).
About Eddystone Elementary School
Eddystone Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 19022). The school serves 226 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 49% smaller than that.
Ridley SD runs Eddystone Elementary School along with 8 other schools, enrolling 5,539 students in total.
Enrollment at Eddystone Elementary School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 39%. Other reported shares: 33% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 22% Black among all Delaware County residents. By the diversity index, Eddystone Elementary School comes in at 71%.
Eddystone Elementary School counts 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.0 students for each one. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure. About 88% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 58% for public schools in Delaware County.
The allk12 Grade for Eddystone Elementary School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Eddystone Elementary School is 2.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.0% actual, 40.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Delaware County census figures show that median household income is about $89,546, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Eddystone Elementary School is among the 113 public schools in Delaware County.
The next-closest public school is Stetser Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Eddystone Elementary School. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Eddystone Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 224 to 226, a small change.
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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 Ridley SD
- Ridley High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Ridley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Amosland Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Grace Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Stetser Elementary School0.9 mi · 251
- Chester Community CS1.0 mi · 3,782
- Edgmont Scholars Academy1.1 mi · 422
- Woodlyn Elementary School1.2 mi · 320
- Lakeview Elementary School1.4 mi · 403
- Ridley Middle School1.4 mi · 1,291
Frequently asked questions
About Eddystone Elementary SchoolHow large is Eddystone Elementary School?
Eddystone Elementary School enrolls approximately 226 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Eddystone Elementary School serve?
Eddystone Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Eddystone Elementary School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Eddystone Elementary School.
How diverse is Eddystone Elementary School?
Eddystone Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 13% Hispanic, 39% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Eddystone Elementary School in?
Eddystone Elementary School is part of Ridley SD.
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