Penn Wood HS

Penn Wood HS, a sprawling secondary school in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, part of William Penn SD, serves 1,148 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% bigger than the state mean of about 738.

Across the 11 schools in William Penn SD (4,499 students total), Penn Wood HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Penn Wood HS shows that nearly all students (89%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Penn Wood HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 21.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Delaware County) shows that median household earnings sit near $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Penn Wood HS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Lansdowne El Sch, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Penn Wood HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Penn Wood HS at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 24.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Penn Wood HS has contracted 21%, going from 1,458 students in 2018 to 1,148 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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