Pennell El Sch

Set in Aston, Pennsylvania, Pennell El Sch is a mid-tier K-5 school, run under Penn-Delco SD. It caters to 415 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in Penn-Delco SD (3,181 students total), Pennell El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Pennell El Sch records that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Pennell El Sch shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 31% of students at Pennell El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pennell El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.5%, the actual is 57.5%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the broader community, Delaware County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pennell El Sch is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

The closest other public school is Sun Valley HS, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pennell El Sch at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pennell El Sch has changed only slightly, going from 407 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025.

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