Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN-DELCO SD·NCES 421858001912
Parkside Elementary School
2 East Forestview Road, Parkside, PA 19015 · (610) 497-6300 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
136 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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 Penn-Delco SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -15.5pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 67.2% | 59.5% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Parkside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Elementary School this school | 252 | 54.0% | 60.5% |
| Boothwyn Elementary School Boothwyn | 269 | 53.5% | 57.2% |
| Hilltop Elementary School Aston | 290 | 55.5% | 68.0% |
| Kindergarten Academy Prospect Park | 245 | 46.1% | N/A |
| Young Scholars of Central PA CS State College | 321 | 49.5% | 54.5% |
| Tinicum School Essington | 325 | 56.3% | 45.5% |
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 Parkside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #576 of 1,396 | #25 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #857 of 1,511 ▼ 347 | #33 of 69 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #687 of 1,511 ▼ 278 | #28 of 69 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #1,402 of 1,638 | #66 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #502 of 1,528 | #33 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #298 of 1,531 | #18 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #926 of 1,600 | #38 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #680 of 1,045 | #22 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
252
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 252 | 20.7 | 12.2:1 | 54% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 21.7 | 12.1:1 | 52% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 18.7 | 14.4:1 | 51% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 17 | 14.6:1 | 40% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 19.2 | 14.5:1 | 36% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 37% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 18 | 14.5:1 | 28% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 12 | 17.8:1 | 14% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (278 to 252); teachers up 8% (19.2 to 20.7).
About Parkside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Parkside, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 19015). It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 252 students. It has 43% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
The Penn-Delco SD system has 6 schools and 3,181 students.
Of every 100 students at Parkside Elementary School, about 57 are White. Other reported shares: 23% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
Based on 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Parkside Elementary School has a ratio of 12.2:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 0.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Parkside Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Parkside Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 60.5% actual against 54.5% predicted.
The school's county is Delaware County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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. There are 113 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,663, Parkside Elementary School among them.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Coebourn Elementary School, is the closest to Parkside Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Parkside Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Parkside Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 248 to 252. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.2:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Parkside Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Penn-Delco SD
- Sun Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Northley Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
- Pennell Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Aston Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Coebourn Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
Other Parkside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkside Elementary. Parkside Elementary School is the 24th largest of the 27.
- Parkside ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 946 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 807 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 733 students
- Parkside ElementaryMorrisville, NC · 730 students
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORAL SPRINGS, FL · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Coebourn Elementary School0.8 mi · 319
- Main Street School0.9 mi · 340
- Nether Providence Elementary School0.9 mi · 479
- Toby Farms Intermediate School1.0 mi · 359
- Edgmont Scholars Academy1.1 mi · 422
- Stetser Elementary School1.2 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Parkside Elementary SchoolHow large is Parkside Elementary School?
Parkside Elementary School enrolls approximately 252 students in grades KG-05.
Is Parkside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parkside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Parkside Elementary School have?
Parkside Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Parkside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Parkside Elementary School are roughly 57% White, 11% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Parkside Elementary School public or private?
Parkside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Penn-Delco SD.
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