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Which teacher or staff member at Penn Wood HS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,148
High
DISTRICT 764 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAM PENN SD·NCES 422639007452
Penn Wood High School
100 Green Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050 · (610) 284-8080 · Delaware County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,148 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
1,120 students
DISTRICT 102% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 32 | 3% |
| Grade 10 | 389 | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 358 | 31% |
| Grade 12 | 369 | 32% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
12.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.4% | 12.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 12.2% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Penn Wood High School
Penn Wood High School's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Wood High School this school | 1,148 | 97.6% | 21.9% |
| Mastery CS-Pickett Campus Philadelphia | 929 | 97.5% | 21.1% |
| Freire CS Philadelphia | 1,024 | 93.1% | 23.9% |
| Mastery CS-Gratz Campus Philadelphia | 1,048 | 98.9% | 21.1% |
| Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus Philadelphia | 722 | 99.6% | 21.0% |
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS Philadelphia | 629 | 97.8% | 22.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Penn Wood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #522 of 576 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #547 of 626 ▼ 9 | #14 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #535 of 626 ▼ 18 | #13 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,148 | #143 of 713 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #184 of 601 | #3 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #372 of 604 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #197 of 619 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #45 of 373 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,148
-367 (-24%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,148 | 91 | 12.6:1 | 98% (1,120) |
| 2023-24 | 1,118 | 89 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 1,170 | 94 | 12.4:1 | 95% (1,114) |
| 2020-21 | 1,515 | 93 | 16.3:1 | 94% (1,425) |
| 2017-18 | 1,458 | 93 | 15.7:1 | 93% (1,358) |
| 2015-16 | 1,462 | 96 | 15.2:1 | 75% (1,098) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penn Wood High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,458 to 1,148); teachers down 2% (93 to 91).
About Penn Wood High School
In Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Penn Wood High School is a large high school. In all, 1,148 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 56% larger than the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Penn Wood High School is among 11 schools run by William Penn SD, which serves 4,499 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Penn Wood High School is Black, at 89%. After that, the student body is 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% White. Among all residents of Delaware County, the Black share is about 22%. The diversity index for Penn Wood High School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, Penn Wood High School has a ratio of 12.6:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 58% average for public schools in Delaware County is 40 points lower.
Penn Wood High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 35.8%.
Looking at the county, Delaware County, median household income comes to about $89,546, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 113 public schools and about 74,663 students.
Penn Wood High School's nearest public school is East Lansdowne Elementary School (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Penn Wood High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 24% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.6:1, from 16.3:1.
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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 William Penn SD
- Penn Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Ardmore Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Penn Wood 9th Grade AcademyHigh · 379 students
- Park Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- W B Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- East Lansdowne Elementary SchoolElementary · 269 students
Other schools in Lansdowne
- Ardmore Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
Nearby schools
- East Lansdowne Elementary School0.4 mi · 269
- Ardmore Avenue Elementary School0.5 mi · 535
- Vision Academy CS0.6 mi · 547
- Beverly Hills Middle School0.6 mi · 1,475
- Bywood Elementary School0.8 mi · 683
- Stonehurst Hills Elementary School0.8 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Penn Wood High SchoolHow large is Penn Wood High School?
Penn Wood High School enrolls approximately 1,148 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Penn Wood High School serve?
Penn Wood High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Penn Wood High School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Penn Wood High School.
What is the student diversity at Penn Wood High School?
Student demographics at Penn Wood High School are roughly 3% White, 3% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Penn Wood High School in?
Penn Wood High School is part of William Penn SD.
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