Leedom El Sch

Leedom El Sch operates as a compact elementary school in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Ridley SD. Current enrollment sits at 291 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Ridley SD, which oversees 9 schools and 5,539 students, Leedom El Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Leedom El Sch reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Leedom El Sch has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Leedom El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Leedom El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.3%, the actual is 54.5%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Delaware County shows median household earnings sit near $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Leedom El Sch is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Prospect Park Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Leedom El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leedom El Sch has climbed 9%, going from 266 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 74% across the same window.

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