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Indian Lane El Sch
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Indian Lane El Sch is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Media, Pennsylvania, part of Rose Tree Media SD, works with 470 students in grades K through 5.
Rose Tree Media SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,250 students; Indian Lane El Sch is among them.
On the student-mix side, Indian Lane El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school lists 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Indian Lane El Sch has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Indian Lane El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.2%, the actual is 78.8%, a residual of +9.5 points.
In the area at large, census data for Delaware County shows median household income runs about $89,546, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Indian Lane El Sch is one campus in the mix.
Media El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Indian Lane El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Indian Lane El Sch at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Looking at the recent track record. Indian Lane El Sch's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 470).
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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