Glenwood El Sch

Glenwood El Sch operates as a medium-sized primary school in Media, Pennsylvania, run under Rose Tree Media SD. Current enrollment sits at 586 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 443.

Rose Tree Media SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,250 students; Glenwood El Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenwood El Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Glenwood El Sch lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Glenwood El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Delaware County's rate of about 58%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glenwood El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.3%, the actual is 77.9%, a residual of +6.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Delaware County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Delaware County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), of which Glenwood El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Penncrest HS, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenwood El Sch at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 68.2%.

Glenwood El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenwood El Sch has increased 33%, going from 441 students in 2018 to 586 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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