Russell El Sch

Russell El Sch operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Broomall, Pennsylvania, overseen by Marple Newtown SD. Current enrollment sits at 400 students spanning grades K through 5.

Marple Newtown SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,882 students; Russell El Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Russell El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 14% Asian, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Russell El Sch records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Russell El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Delaware County's rate of about 58%.

With demographic context factored in, Russell El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Delaware County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Russell El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Loomis El Sch, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Russell El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.7%.

Russell El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 372 students in 2018 compared to 400 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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