W B Evans El Sch

Set in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, W B Evans El Sch is a compact elementary campus, run under William Penn SD. It instructs 304 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 11 schools in William Penn SD (4,499 students total), W B Evans El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, W B Evans El Sch records that nearly all students (88%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, W B Evans El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Delaware County put median household earnings sit near $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), W B Evans El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Penn Wood 9th Grade Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around W B Evans El Sch. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), W B Evans El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 23.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W B Evans El Sch has decreased 21%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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