Lakeview El Sch

Lakeview El Sch is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, overseen by Ridley SD, hosting 403 students in grades K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Lakeview El Sch lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 9% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lakeview El Sch has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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), Lakeview El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.1%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of -5.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Delaware County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Lakeview El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ridley MS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeview El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakeview El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Lakeview El Sch's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 410 (now 403). White enrollment moved from 85% to 77% across the same window.

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