Ithan El Sch

Ithan El Sch, a mid-sized primary school in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, part of Radnor Township SD, enrolls 538 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 443.

Radnor Township SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,571 students; Ithan El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ithan El Sch reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Delaware County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 8% 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ithan El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.0%; this one delivers 88.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Delaware County reports that median household income runs about $89,546, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ithan El Sch is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Coopertown El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ithan El Sch at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 75.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 27%: 425 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 26% to 21% over that span.

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