Grace Park El Sch

Located at 1097 Seventh Avenue, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Grace Park El Sch is a small K-5 school that educates 366 students (grades K through 5), part of Ridley SD.

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

On the student-mix side, Grace Park El Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 80%; the rest reads as 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Grace Park El Sch has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 36% of students at Grace Park El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Delaware County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Grace Park El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.1%, the actual is 55.2%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Delaware County) reports that 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%. Grace Park El Sch is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

The closest other public school is Ridley HS, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grace Park El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 58.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grace Park El Sch has shrank 5%, going from 385 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 85% to 80% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.