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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSE TREE MEDIA SD·NCES 422055001940
Glenwood Elementary School
122 S Pennell Rd, Media, PA 19063 · (610) 627-6901 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
86 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 Rose Tree Media SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
79.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.2% | 79.1% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Glenwood Elementary School
Glenwood Elementary School's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Elementary School this school | 586 | 14.7% | 77.9% |
| Lynnewood Elementary School Havertown | 580 | 15.9% | 75.8% |
| Jamison Elementary School Jamison | 599 | 10.0% | 72.3% |
| Radnor Elementary School Radnor | 554 | 13.0% | 81.7% |
| Goodnoe Elementary School Newtown | 668 | 15.6% | 84.1% |
| Evans Elementary School Limerick | 546 | 18.1% | 73.3% |
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 Glenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #146 of 1,396 | #15 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #124 of 1,511 ▲ 19 | #14 of 69 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #149 of 1,511 ▲ 67 | #16 of 69 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #288 of 1,638 | #14 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,458 of 1,528 | #72 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #710 of 1,531 | #40 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #1,513 of 1,600 | #63 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.9% | #33 of 450 | #2 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
586
+86 (+17%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 586 | 34.6 | 16.9:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 35.4 | 16.3:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 34.6 | 16.3:1 | 12% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 30.1 | 14.7:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 12% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 12% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 3% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 32 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (441 to 586); teachers up 15% (30.1 to 34.6).
About Glenwood Elementary School
Among the schools in Media, Pennsylvania, is Glenwood Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 586 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
The Rose Tree Media SD system has 6 schools and 4,250 students.
White students make up a majority at Glenwood Elementary School, at 75%. Other students are 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Hispanic. That is higher than the 63% White share among all Delaware County residents. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 16.9:1 comes from the school's 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.9 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 15% in 2024-25. The gap from the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County is 43 points.
The allk12 Grade for Glenwood Elementary School is A-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Glenwood Elementary School scores 77.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 71.3%.
Census estimates describe Delaware County this way: the median household income is $89,546, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Delaware County has 113 public schools and roughly 74,663 students.
The next-closest public school is Penncrest High School, about 1.4 miles away. Glenwood Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Glenwood Elementary School's average proficiency of 77.9% compares with 68.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Glenwood Elementary School as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment is up 17% from 2020-21, when Glenwood Elementary School had 500 students, to 2024-25, when it had 586. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.9:1, from 15.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Glenwood Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Rose Tree Media SD
- Penncrest High SchoolHigh · 1,255 students
- Springton Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Media Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Indian Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Rose Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
Other schools in Media
- Penncrest High SchoolHigh · 1,255 students
- Springton Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Media Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Indian Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Rose Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
Other Glenwood Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 16 states are named Glenwood Elementary. Glenwood Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 23.
- Glenwood ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 896 students
- Glenwood ElementaryLake Stevens, WA · 641 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 577 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolChatham, IL · 573 students
- Glenwood ElementaryGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 543 students
Nearby schools
- Penncrest High School1.4 mi · 1,255
- Delaware County Technical High School - Aston1.7 mi · 80
- Indian Lane Elementary School1.9 mi · 470
- Aston Elementary School2.3 mi · 405
- Pennell Elementary School3.0 mi · 415
- Media Elementary School3.0 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Glenwood Elementary School?
Glenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Glenwood Elementary School serve?
Glenwood Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glenwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glenwood Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glenwood Elementary School?
At Glenwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Glenwood Elementary School in?
Glenwood Elementary School is part of Rose Tree Media SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.