Eddystone El Sch

Eddystone El Sch is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, overseen by Ridley SD, with 226 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Eddystone El Sch sits 49% below that benchmark.

Ridley SD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,539 students. Eddystone El Sch is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eddystone El Sch reports that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 33% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Eddystone El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of +2.9 points.

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

Nearest neighbor: Stetser El Sch, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eddystone El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eddystone El Sch at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eddystone El Sch has rose 7%, going from 211 students in 2018 to 226 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 55% to 33% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Eddystone El Sch community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.