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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RADNOR TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421992006510
Ithan Elementary School
695 Clyde Rd, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 · (610) 527-1357 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
45 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 Radnor Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
86.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
87.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.2% | 87.3% |
| 2023-24 | 88.5% | 88.5% |
% 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
88.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Ithan Elementary School
Ithan Elementary School's state test result (88.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ithan Elementary School this school | 538 | 8.4% | 88.8% |
| Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School Downingtown | 488 | 11.1% | 86.0% |
| New Eagle Elementary School Wayne | 472 | 5.7% | 85.2% |
| Beaumont Elementary School Devon | 459 | 9.2% | 80.0% |
| Newtown Elementary School Newtown | 557 | 11.1% | 78.4% |
| Bethel Springs Elementary School Garnet Valley | 537 | 13.8% | 76.6% |
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 Ithan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #16 of 1,396 | #1 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #35 of 1,511 ▼ 18 | #1 of 69 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.2% | #19 of 1,511 ▲ 5 | #1 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #417 of 1,638 | #27 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #882 of 1,528 | #42 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #481 of 1,531 | #23 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.4% | #1,580 of 1,600 | #73 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.6% | #52 of 450 | #4 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
538
+68 (+14%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 538 | 40.2 | 13.4:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 37.7 | 13.5:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 39 | 12.1:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 32.4 | 13.1:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 766 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 3% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 36 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ithan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (425 to 538); teachers up 24% (32.4 to 40.2).
About Ithan Elementary School
This page covers Ithan Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 538 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 21% higher.
Radnor Township SD counts 3,571 students in its 5 schools, and Ithan Elementary School is one of them.
White students account for 65% of enrollment at Ithan Elementary School. Smaller groups are 21% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Black. For comparison, Delaware County is about 63% White. Ithan Elementary School has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 40.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.4:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. Around 8% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 50 points below the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County.
allk12 grades Ithan Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Ithan Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (88.8%) and its predicted rate (74.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Delaware County show that median household income is about $89,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Ithan Elementary School is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County, which together enroll about 74,663 students.
The shortest distance from Ithan Elementary School to another public school is about 1.8 miles, to Coopertown Elementary School. The five-mile area around Ithan Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 88.8% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Ithan Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 470 in 2020-21 and 538 in 2024-25, a gain of 68 students. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.1:1 in 2020-21 to 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Radnor Township SD
- Radnor SHSHigh · 1,146 students
- Radnor Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Radnor Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 525 students
Nearby schools
- Coopertown Elementary School1.8 mi · 471
- Radnor SHS2.2 mi · 1,146
- Culbertson Elementary School2.3 mi · 523
- Marple Newtown SHS2.3 mi · 1,266
- Worrall Elementary School2.4 mi · 449
- Russell Elementary School2.5 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Ithan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ithan Elementary School?
Ithan Elementary School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ithan Elementary School serve?
Ithan Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ithan Elementary School have?
Ithan Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Ithan Elementary School?
Ithan Elementary School reports a student body of 65% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ithan Elementary School?
Ithan Elementary School is overseen by Radnor Township SD in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.