Strath Haven HS

Strath Haven HS, an expansive senior high in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, part of Wallingford-Swarthmore SD, teaches 1,175 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% bigger than the state mean of about 738.

Across the 5 schools in Wallingford-Swarthmore SD (3,691 students total), Strath Haven HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Strath Haven HS shows that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 10% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Strath Haven HS logs 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Strath Haven HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.7%; this one delivers 77.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Delaware County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,546 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Strath Haven HS is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Strath Haven MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Strath Haven HS comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Strath Haven HS's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,171 (now 1,175).

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