Linwood El Sch

Linwood El Sch is an elementary school of small scale in Linwood, Pennsylvania, part of Chichester SD, teacheing 249 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 443.

Within Chichester SD, which oversees 6 schools and 2,899 students, Linwood El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Linwood El Sch lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Black, 16% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Linwood El Sch has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Linwood El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Delaware County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Linwood El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Delaware County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Linwood El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Marcus Hook El Sch, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Linwood El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Linwood El Sch has edged down 20%, going from 313 students in 2018 to 249 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 54% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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