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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLINGFORD-SWARTHMORE SD·NCES 422479001905
Nether Providence Elementary School
410 Moore Rd, Wallingford, PA 19086 · (610) 892-3470 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- A-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
12.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
124 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 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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 Wallingford-Swarthmore SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
82.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 82.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.1% | 73.3% |
% 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Nether Providence Elementary School
Nether Providence Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Providence Elementary School this school | 479 | 25.9% | 79.3% |
| Worrall Elementary School Broomall | 449 | 22.7% | 74.1% |
| Gill Hall Elementary School Jefferson Hills | 424 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Hershey Intrmd Elementary School Hershey | 479 | 26.7% | 77.0% |
| Hershey Primary Elementary School Hershey | 427 | 29.0% | 78.0% |
| Afton Elementary School Yardley | 483 | 18.8% | 81.2% |
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 Nether Providence Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #122 of 1,396 | #13 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #76 of 1,511 ▲ 112 | #8 of 69 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #140 of 1,511 ▼ 8 | #15 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #594 of 1,638 | #35 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #426 of 1,528 | #28 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #640 of 1,531 | #35 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #1,378 of 1,600 | #52 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #760 of 1,045 | #27 of 45 |
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
479
-51 (-10%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 479 | 40 | 12.0:1 | 26% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 25% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 36.4 | 13.4:1 | 23% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 35.2 | 14.7:1 | 25% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 19% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 17% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 12% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 31 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nether Providence Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (518 to 479); teachers up 14% (35.2 to 40).
About Nether Providence Elementary School
This page covers Nether Providence Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 479 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
Wallingford-Swarthmore SD is the district for Nether Providence Elementary School. It has 5 schools and 3,691 students.
The share of White students at Nether Providence Elementary School is 72%, a majority. Other students are 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 63% White share among all Delaware County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
There are 40 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.0:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 1.1 students per teacher. On the income side, 26% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County is 32 points.
Nether Providence Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school with Nether Providence Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 66.5%. Nether Providence Elementary School scores 79.3%, 12.7 points above that line.
Census data for Delaware County show median household income comes to about $89,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 113 public schools and about 74,663 students.
Strath Haven High School, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Nether Providence Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Nether Providence Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Nether Providence Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.0:1, from 14.3:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Nether Providence Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Wallingford-Swarthmore SD
- Strath Haven High SchoolHigh · 1,175 students
- Strath Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 868 students
- Wallingford Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Swarthmore-Rutledge SchoolElementary · 560 students
Other schools in Wallingford
- Strath Haven High SchoolHigh · 1,175 students
- Strath Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 868 students
- Wallingford Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Strath Haven High School0.9 mi · 1,175
- Parkside Elementary School0.9 mi · 252
- Strath Haven Middle School1.0 mi · 868
- Coebourn Elementary School1.2 mi · 319
- Wallingford Elementary School1.4 mi · 609
- Stetser Elementary School1.5 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Nether Providence Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nether Providence Elementary School?
Nether Providence Elementary School enrolls approximately 479 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Nether Providence Elementary School serve?
Nether Providence Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Nether Providence Elementary School have?
Nether Providence Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Nether Providence Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nether Providence Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Nether Providence Elementary School in?
Nether Providence Elementary School is part of Wallingford-Swarthmore SD.
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