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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTERBORO SD·NCES 421217001883
Norwood School
558 Seneca Ave, Norwood, PA 19074 · (610) 237-6425 · Delaware County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
285 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 16% |
This year's 1st grade class (69) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (87).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Norwood School→Interboro SHS
Based on grade levels within Interboro SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
33.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 33.5% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Norwood School
Norwood School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood School this school | 557 | 51.2% | 44.1% |
| East Pennsboro Elementary School Enola | 583 | 55.4% | 58.4% |
| Prospect Park School Prospect Park | 546 | 56.2% | 47.5% |
| Hoover Elementary School Langhorne | 661 | 44.6% | 64.0% |
| Central Manor Elementary School Washington Boro | 595 | 51.6% | 62.9% |
| Old Forge Elementary School Old Forge | 532 | 55.3% | 44.7% |
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 Norwood School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #995 of 1,396 | #37 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #1,097 of 1,511 ▼ 27 | #43 of 69 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #840 of 1,511 ▲ 66 | #35 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #361 of 1,638 | #20 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #313 of 1,528 | #26 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #463 of 1,531 | #21 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #977 of 1,600 | #40 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #167 of 450 | #7 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
557
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 557 | 48.3 | 11.5:1 | 51% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 45.3 | 12.4:1 | 51% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 47.3 | 11.6:1 | 61% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 55% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 45.5 | 11.0:1 | 52% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 48% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 31% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 14% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 42 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwood School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (502 to 557); teachers up 6% (45.5 to 48.3).
About Norwood School
Norwood, Pennsylvania, is home to Norwood School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 557 students covers grades 1 through 8. Enrollment is 26% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
District-wide, Interboro SD has 6 schools and 3,366 students.
A majority of students at Norwood School, 65%, are White. The next largest groups are 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. County-wide, about 63% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Norwood School comes in at 54%.
Federal data list 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Norwood School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.5:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The lunch program counts 51% of students at Norwood School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Norwood School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Norwood School is -11.6 points: 44.1% actual, 55.7% predicted.
In the county around the school, Delaware County, median household income is about $89,546, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 113 public schools operate in Delaware County, serving about 74,663 students.
Kindergarten Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Norwood School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Norwood School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 538 to 557.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. 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 Interboro SD
- Interboro SHSHigh · 1,079 students
- Glenolden SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Prospect Park SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Tinicum SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Kindergarten AcademyElementary · 245 students
Other Norwood schools
One other US public school is named Norwood. Norwood School is the largest of the 2.
- Norwood SchoolWarwick, RI · 265 students
Nearby schools
- Kindergarten Academy0.4 mi · 245
- Prospect Park School0.5 mi · 546
- Interboro SHS0.7 mi · 1,079
- Delcroft School0.9 mi · 554
- Delaware County Technical High School - Folcroft1.0 mi · 66
- Leedom Elementary School1.0 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Norwood SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Norwood School?
Norwood School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 01-08.
What age range does Norwood School serve?
Norwood School serves students from grade 01 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Norwood School have?
Norwood School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Norwood School?
Student demographics at Norwood School are roughly 65% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Norwood School in?
Norwood School is part of Interboro SD.
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