Prospect Park Sch

Set in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, Prospect Park Sch is a moderately sized elementary school, overseen by Interboro SD. It hosts 546 students across grades 1 through 8. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Interboro SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,366 students; Prospect Park Sch is among them.

Demographically, Prospect Park Sch lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Delaware County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Prospect Park Sch records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Prospect Park Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 47.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate median household income runs about $89,546, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Prospect Park Sch is one campus in the mix.

Kindergarten Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prospect Park Sch at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 544 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 79% to 61% over that span.

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