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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RADNOR TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421992000609
Radnor Elementary School
20 Matsonford Road, Radnor, PA 19087 · (610) 788-9300 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
72 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Based on grade levels within Radnor Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
82.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
82.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.6% | 82.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 77.5% |
% 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
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Radnor Elementary School
Radnor Elementary School's state test result (81.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radnor Elementary School this school | 554 | 13.0% | 81.7% |
| Lynnewood Elementary School Havertown | 580 | 15.9% | 75.8% |
| Warwick Elementary School Jamison | 502 | 15.7% | 70.6% |
| Glenwood Elementary School Media | 586 | 14.7% | 77.9% |
| Simmons Elementary School Horsham | 610 | 17.7% | 66.8% |
| Pine Run Elementary School New Britain | 480 | 13.5% | 77.8% |
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 Radnor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #80 of 1,396 | #9 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #73 of 1,511 ▲ 45 | #7 of 69 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #44 of 1,511 ▲ 102 | #6 of 69 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #377 of 1,638 | #21 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #474 of 1,528 | #30 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #574 of 1,531 | #31 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.0% | #1,533 of 1,600 | #66 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #814 of 1,045 | #37 of 45 |
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
554
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 554 | 45.7 | 12.1:1 | 13% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 44.7 | 12.4:1 | 13% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 44.6 | 12.6:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 46 | 12.9:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 43.4 | 13.6:1 | 10% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 9% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 5% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Radnor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (589 to 554); teachers up 5% (43.4 to 45.7).
About Radnor Elementary School
Radnor Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 554 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 25% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Radnor Township SD totals 3,571 students.
Roughly 70% of students at Radnor Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Radnor Elementary School operates with 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 12.1:1 here. Radnor Elementary School reports 13% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 45 points below the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Radnor Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Radnor Elementary School is +9.6 points: 81.7% actual, 72.0% predicted.
Delaware County has about 579,222 residents, and the median household income is $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Radnor Elementary School, Delaware County has 112 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Radnor SHS, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 77.5%; Radnor Elementary School's is 81.7%, ranking 6th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 554 students in 2024-25, 41 fewer than the 595 it had in 2020-21.
Community posts for Radnor Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Radnor Township SD
- Radnor SHSHigh · 1,146 students
- Radnor Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Ithan Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 525 students
Nearby schools
- Radnor SHS0.6 mi · 1,146
- Black Rock Middle School1.1 mi · 1,077
- Radnor Middle School1.4 mi · 808
- Gulph Elementary School2.2 mi · 440
- Roberts Elementary School2.3 mi · 292
- Harriton SHS2.4 mi · 1,239
Frequently asked questions
About Radnor Elementary SchoolHow large is Radnor Elementary School?
Radnor Elementary School enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Radnor Elementary School serve?
Radnor Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Radnor Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Radnor Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Radnor Elementary School?
Student demographics at Radnor Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Radnor Elementary School public or private?
Radnor Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Radnor Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.