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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHEAST DELCO SD·NCES 422240001943
Sharon Hill School
701 Coates Street, Sharon Hill, PA 19079 · (610) 522-4355 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest 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
11.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
531 students
DISTRICT 109% · 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 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 13% |
This year's 1st grade class (57) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (70).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Sharon Hill School→Academy Park High School
Based on grade levels within Southeast Delco SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
18.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 18.3% |
% 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Sharon Hill School
Sharon Hill School's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Hill School this school | 552 | 96.2% | 26.9% |
| Mastery CS - Mann Campus Philadelphia | 573 | 97.7% | 24.1% |
| Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship Pittsburgh | 527 | 94.5% | 35.8% |
| Mastery CS John Wister Elementary Philadelphia | 506 | 98.4% | 25.0% |
| Mastery Prep Elementary CS Philadelphia | 598 | 99.5% | 25.9% |
| Frederick Douglass Mastery CS Philadelphia | 528 | 99.4% | 13.6% |
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 Sharon Hill School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #1,219 of 1,396 | #51 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,302 of 1,511 ▼ 13 | #58 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #1,195 of 1,511 ▲ 67 | #54 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #383 of 1,638 | #23 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #243 of 1,528 | #19 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #987 of 1,531 | #64 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #534 of 1,600 | #21 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #350 of 1,045 | #15 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
552
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 552 | 49.2 | 11.2:1 | 96% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 43.4 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 41.4 | 13.8:1 | 100% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 41.6 | 16.2:1 | 99% (667) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 87% (563) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 75% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 46% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 25 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharon Hill School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (673 to 552); teachers up 18% (41.6 to 49.2).
About Sharon Hill School
This page covers Sharon Hill School, a medium-sized elementary school in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. A total of 552 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 25% higher.
Southeast Delco SD has 3,855 students in 6 schools, and Sharon Hill School is one of those schools.
The student body at Sharon Hill School is 83% Black. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 22% of Delaware County residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.2:1, with 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 96% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Delaware County report 58%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Sharon Hill School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sharon Hill School's results are 9.4 points below predicted: 26.9% against 36.4%.
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 Sharon Hill School, Delaware County has 112 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Sharon Hill School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Academy Park High School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Sharon Hill School is 1st among 5 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Sharon Hill School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has fallen by 37 students since 2020-21, to 552. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.2:1, from 16.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Southeast Delco SD
- Academy Park High SchoolHigh · 1,194 students
- Harris SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Darby Twp SchoolElementary · 618 students
- Delcroft SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Southeast Delco Kindergarten CenterElementary · 222 students
Nearby schools
- Academy Park High School0.1 mi · 1,194
- Vision Academy CS of Excellence0.2 mi · 235
- Harris School0.7 mi · 715
- Walnut Street Elementary School0.7 mi · 255
- Colwyn Elementary School0.9 mi · 135
- Penn Wood Middle School1.0 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Sharon Hill SchoolHow large is Sharon Hill School?
Sharon Hill School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Sharon Hill School serve?
Sharon Hill School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sharon Hill School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Sharon Hill School.
How diverse is Sharon Hill School?
Sharon Hill School reports a student body of 5% White, 7% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sharon Hill School?
Sharon Hill School is overseen by Southeast Delco SD in Delaware County.
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