Upper Darby Kdg Ctr

Upper Darby Kdg Ctr operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, operated by Upper Darby SD. Current enrollment sits at 468 students spanning grade K.

Within Upper Darby SD, which oversees 13 schools and 12,173 students, Upper Darby Kdg Ctr is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Upper Darby Kdg Ctr shows that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 26% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 12% multiracial, 5% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 129% of students at Upper Darby Kdg Ctr qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Delaware County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, census data for Delaware County shows median household income runs about $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Upper Darby Kdg Ctr is one of 113 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students).

Nearest neighbor: Drexel Hill MS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 468 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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