Ridley MS

Set in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, Ridley MS is a well-populated middle school, overseen by Ridley SD. It serves 1,291 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Ridley MS sits 117% larger than that benchmark.

Ridley SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,539 students; Ridley MS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ridley MS logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. Compared to Delaware County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Ridley MS records 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Ridley MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.3%, the actual is 37.9%, a residual of -15.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Delaware County) records that median household income runs about $89,546, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Ridley MS is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lakeview El Sch, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ridley MS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

Ridley MS operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Ridley MS's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,339 (now 1,291). Over the same period, the White share declined from 76% to 65%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Ridley MS typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.