1
Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTERBORO SD·NCES 421217006508
Prospect Park School
10th & Pennsylvania Avenues, Prospect Park, PA 19076 · (610) 237-6420 · Delaware County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
307 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 13% |
This year's 1st grade class (64) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (70).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Prospect Park School→Interboro SHS
Based on grade levels within Interboro SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 35.5% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 Prospect Park School
Prospect Park School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Park School this school | 546 | 56.2% | 47.5% |
| East Pennsboro Elementary School Enola | 583 | 55.4% | 58.4% |
| West Creek Hills Elementary School Camp Hill | 587 | 57.2% | 55.9% |
| Norwood School Norwood | 557 | 51.2% | 44.1% |
| Crestview Elementary School Carlisle | 541 | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Shippensburg Area Intrm School Shippensburg | 495 | 63.8% | 56.2% |
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 Prospect Park School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #930 of 1,396 | #35 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #1,011 of 1,511 ▲ 24 | #38 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #786 of 1,511 ▼ 101 | #31 of 69 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #403 of 1,638 | #26 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #781 of 1,528 | #40 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #360 of 1,531 | #20 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #883 of 1,600 | #36 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #436 of 450 | #23 of 25 |
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
546
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 546 | 41.8 | 13.1:1 | 56% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 38.8 | 14.5:1 | 55% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 39.8 | 13.9:1 | 62% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 55% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 49% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 46% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 28% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 21% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prospect Park School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (544 to 546); teachers up 4% (40 to 41.8).
About Prospect Park School
Prospect Park School is an elementary school located in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. Enrollment is 546 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 1 through 8. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 23% higher.
Interboro SD, which runs Prospect Park School, has 6 schools and 3,366 students.
White students account for 61% of enrollment at Prospect Park School. Enrollment also includes 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 63% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Prospect Park School comes in at 58%.
Its teaching staff equals 41.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.1:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. Around 56% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County.
The allk12 Grade for Prospect Park School is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Pennsylvania, Prospect Park School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.5% actual against a predicted 53.5%.
Among Delaware County residents, median household income is about $89,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Prospect Park School is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County, which together enroll about 74,663 students.
Kindergarten Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Prospect Park School is behind the 48.0% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 537 students in 2020-21 and 546 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Prospect Park School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Interboro SD
- Interboro SHSHigh · 1,079 students
- Glenolden SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Norwood SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Tinicum SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Kindergarten AcademyElementary · 245 students
Other schools in Prospect Park
- Interboro SHSHigh · 1,079 students
- Kindergarten AcademyElementary · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Kindergarten Academy0.1 mi · 245
- Interboro SHS0.5 mi · 1,079
- Norwood School0.5 mi · 557
- Leedom Elementary School0.7 mi · 291
- Amosland Elementary School1.1 mi · 470
- Delcroft School1.3 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Prospect Park SchoolHow large is Prospect Park School?
Prospect Park School enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 01-08.
Is Prospect Park School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prospect Park School is an elementary school covering grades 01-08.
How many teachers does Prospect Park School have?
Prospect Park School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Prospect Park School?
Prospect Park School reports a student body of 61% White, 9% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Prospect Park School in?
Prospect Park School is part of Interboro SD.
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