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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSE TREE MEDIA SD·NCES 422055006514
Media Elementary School
Front & Monroe Streets, Media, PA 19063 · (610) 627-6801 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- B+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
14.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
73 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 Rose Tree Media SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
77.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 77.8% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 74.6% |
% 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
80.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% 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 Media Elementary School
Media Elementary School's state test result (80.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Elementary School this school | 488 | 15.0% | 80.2% |
| Quarry Hill Elementary School Yardley | 464 | 14.2% | 74.6% |
| Jarrettown Elementary School Dresher | 454 | 13.4% | 81.6% |
| Salford Hills Elementary School Harleysville | 449 | 16.0% | 78.2% |
| Indian Lane Elementary School Media | 470 | 19.6% | 78.8% |
| Penn Wood Elementary School West Chester | 438 | 18.7% | 70.7% |
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 Media Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #105 of 1,396 | #11 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #142 of 1,511 ▲ 20 | #15 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #79 of 1,511 ▲ 1 | #10 of 69 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #561 of 1,638 | #34 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,157 of 1,528 | #60 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #826 of 1,531 | #53 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.0% | #1,510 of 1,600 | #62 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #250 of 450 | #13 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
488
+31 (+7%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 488 | 33.9 | 14.4:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 33.9 | 14.6:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 31.1 | 16.2:1 | 14% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 12% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 31.1 | 14.7:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 15% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 15% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 10% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 35 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Media Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (456 to 488); teachers up 9% (31.1 to 33.9).
About Media Elementary School
Media Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Media, Pennsylvania. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 488 students in kindergarten through 5.
Rose Tree Media SD is the local district for Media Elementary School. It runs 6 schools with 4,250 students.
A majority of students at Media Elementary School, 78%, are White. The next largest groups are 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The school's White share is 15 points above the 63% share among Delaware County residents. Media Elementary School has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 33.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.4:1. That ratio is over the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Around 15% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Delaware County, the average eligibility rate is 58%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Media Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 80.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 71.2%.
In Delaware County (population about 579,222), median household income is about $89,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 113 public schools operate in Delaware County, serving about 74,663 students.
The nearest other public school, Rose Tree Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 79.0%; Media Elementary School's is 80.2%, ranking 4th of 9.
Media Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Media Elementary School had 457 students in 2020-21 and 488 in 2024-25, a 7% rise.
Community posts for Media Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Rose Tree Media SD
- Penncrest High SchoolHigh · 1,255 students
- Springton Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Indian Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Rose Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
Other schools in Media
- Penncrest High SchoolHigh · 1,255 students
- Springton Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Indian Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Rose Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Rose Tree Elementary School1.1 mi · 439
- Wallingford Elementary School1.3 mi · 609
- Indian Lane Elementary School1.4 mi · 470
- Springton Lake Middle School1.7 mi · 1,012
- Strath Haven High School1.8 mi · 1,175
- Strath Haven Middle School1.8 mi · 868
Frequently asked questions
About Media Elementary SchoolHow large is Media Elementary School?
Media Elementary School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades KG-05.
Is Media Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Media Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Media Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Media Elementary School.
How diverse is Media Elementary School?
Media Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Media Elementary School in?
Media Elementary School is part of Rose Tree Media SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.