Glenolden Sch

Glenolden Sch is a medium-sized primary school in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Interboro SD. The school teaches 614 students in grades 1 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 39% above the state mean of about 443.

Across the 6 schools in Interboro SD (3,366 students total), Glenolden Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenolden Sch shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Glenolden Sch logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Glenolden Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at Glenolden Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Glenolden Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 37.9%, a residual of -14.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,546, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Glenolden Sch is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Darby Twp Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Glenolden Sch comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 613 students in 2018 compared to 614 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 69% to 48%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.