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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421167001874
Lynnewood Elementary School
1400 Lawrence Rd, Havertown, PA 19083 · (610) 853-5900 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
92 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Haverford Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.1pp since 2023
Math
77.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.5% | 77.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 67.1% |
% 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
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Lynnewood Elementary School
Lynnewood Elementary School's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynnewood Elementary School this school | 580 | 15.9% | 75.8% |
| Simmons Elementary School Horsham | 610 | 17.7% | 66.8% |
| Radnor Elementary School Radnor | 554 | 13.0% | 81.7% |
| Warwick Elementary School Jamison | 502 | 15.7% | 70.6% |
| Glenwood Elementary School Media | 586 | 14.7% | 77.9% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School Pittsburgh | 524 | 11.5% | 92.1% |
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 Lynnewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #183 of 1,396 | #18 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #147 of 1,511 ▲ 148 | #16 of 69 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #190 of 1,511 ▼ 73 | #17 of 69 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #307 of 1,638 | #16 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,017 of 1,528 | #53 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #798 of 1,531 | #50 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #1,494 of 1,600 | #59 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #372 of 450 | #21 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
580
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 580 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 16% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 41.4 | 14.3:1 | 16% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 42.3 | 13.9:1 | 17% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 16% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 36.2 | 15.6:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lynnewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (566 to 580); teachers up 16% (36.2 to 42).
About Lynnewood Elementary School
The public elementary school Lynnewood Elementary School is located in Havertown, Pennsylvania. Its 580 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 31% bigger than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Lynnewood Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Haverford Township SD, which enrolls 6,477 students in total.
Lynnewood Elementary School is 77% White by enrollment. Other students are 11% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Delaware County residents are about 63% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 42 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.8:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 16%. Compared with the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Lynnewood Elementary School is A-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 78% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lynnewood Elementary School is 5.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 75.8% actual, 70.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
County data help place the school in context: in Delaware County, the median household income is $89,546, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Delaware County has 113 public schools and roughly 74,663 students.
Haverford Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lynnewood Elementary School. By average proficiency, Lynnewood Elementary School is 6th among 9 schools close by.
Lynnewood Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 587 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 580.
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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 Haverford Township SD
- Haverford SHSHigh · 1,994 students
- Haverford Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,578 students
- Manoa Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Chatham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Chestnutwold Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Coopertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Other schools in Havertown
- Haverford SHSHigh · 1,994 students
- Haverford Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,578 students
- Manoa Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Chatham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Haverford Middle School0.9 mi · 1,578
- Manoa Elementary School1.0 mi · 706
- Haverford SHS1.1 mi · 1,994
- Chatham Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 582
- Chestnutwold Elementary School1.6 mi · 566
- Loomis Elementary School1.8 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Lynnewood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lynnewood Elementary School?
Lynnewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lynnewood Elementary School serve?
Lynnewood Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lynnewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lynnewood Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lynnewood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lynnewood Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lynnewood Elementary School in?
Lynnewood Elementary School is part of Haverford Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.