Media El Sch

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Media, Pennsylvania, Media El Sch educates 488 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Rose Tree Media SD.

Rose Tree Media SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,250 students. Media El Sch is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Media El Sch reports that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 15% of students at Media El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Media El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.2%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Media El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Rose Tree El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Media El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Media El Sch at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 79.0%.

Media El Sch operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Media El Sch has ticked up 7%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 78% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Media El Sch typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.