Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDLEY SD·NCES 422037001930
Leedom Elementary School
620 East Chester Pike, Ridley Park, PA 19078 · (610) 534-1900 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
165 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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 Ridley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 55.2% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Leedom Elementary School
Leedom Elementary School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leedom Elementary School this school | 291 | 56.7% | 54.5% |
| Tinicum School Essington | 325 | 56.3% | 45.5% |
| York Haven Elementary School York Haven | 293 | 53.9% | 82.4% |
| Clark Elementary School Uniontown | 282 | 58.5% | 43.2% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Folsom | 347 | 50.4% | 50.9% |
| Young Scholars of Central PA CS State College | 321 | 49.5% | 54.5% |
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 Leedom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #745 of 1,396 | #31 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #652 of 1,511 ▼ 42 | #27 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #861 of 1,511 ▲ 108 | #36 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,281 of 1,638 | #59 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #205 of 1,528 | #17 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #681 of 1,531 | #38 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #875 of 1,600 | #34 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #185 of 450 | #8 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
291
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 291 | 26.4 | 11.0:1 | 57% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 26.6 | 10.6:1 | 59% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 25.3 | 11.2:1 | 55% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 41% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 266 | 22.5 | 11.8:1 | 46% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 218 | 20 | 10.9:1 | 41% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 233 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 18% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 16% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 13 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leedom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (266 to 291); teachers up 17% (22.5 to 26.4).
About Leedom Elementary School
Located in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, Leedom Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school counts 291 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Leedom Elementary School falls under Ridley SD, which has 9 schools enrolling 5,539 students.
Leedom Elementary School's enrollment is 74% White. Other groups make up 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 63% of Delaware County residents are White. Leedom Elementary School has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Leedom Elementary School's 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.0:1. That ratio is under the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 57%. Across public schools in Delaware County, the average is about the same, 58%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Leedom Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Leedom Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.5% is 1.2 points above the 53.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Delaware County this way: median household income is about $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Delaware County number 113 and enroll about 74,663.
The nearest public school is Prospect Park School, at about 0.7 miles. Leedom Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 46.6%, lower than Leedom Elementary School's 54.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Leedom Elementary School saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 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 Ridley SD
- Ridley High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Ridley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Amosland Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Grace Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other schools in Ridley Park
- Ridley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
Nearby schools
- Prospect Park School0.7 mi · 546
- Lakeview Elementary School0.8 mi · 403
- Kindergarten Academy0.8 mi · 245
- Ridley Middle School0.8 mi · 1,291
- Norwood School1.0 mi · 557
- Interboro SHS1.1 mi · 1,079
Frequently asked questions
About Leedom Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Leedom Elementary School?
Leedom Elementary School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Leedom Elementary School serve?
Leedom Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leedom Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leedom Elementary School is approximately 11.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Leedom Elementary School?
Leedom Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 4% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Leedom Elementary School?
Leedom Elementary School is overseen by Ridley SD in Delaware County.
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