Norwood Sch

Norwood Sch is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Norwood, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Interboro SD. The school enrolls 557 students in grades 1 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Norwood Sch sits 26% above that benchmark.

Within Interboro SD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,366 students, Norwood Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Norwood Sch records that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder breaks down as 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Delaware County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Norwood Sch has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Norwood Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.7%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of -11.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,546, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Norwood Sch is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Kindergarten Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Norwood Sch at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Norwood Sch's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 502 (now 557). The White share of enrollment declined from 74% to 65% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.