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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLINGFORD-SWARTHMORE SD·NCES 422479001906
Wallingford Elementary School
20 S Providence Road, Wallingford, PA 19086 · (610) 892-3470 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
53 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Based on grade levels within Wallingford-Swarthmore SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
84.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
82.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.4% | 82.2% |
| 2023-24 | 87.9% | 80.6% |
% 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
85.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Wallingford Elementary School
Wallingford Elementary School's state test result (85.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallingford Elementary School this school | 609 | 8.7% | 85.2% |
| Gladwyne School Gladwyne | 556 | 12.2% | 85.2% |
| Springfield Literacy Center Springfield | 574 | 11.5% | N/A |
| Edgewood Elementary School Yardley | 557 | 11.1% | 81.7% |
| Whitemarsh Elementary School Lafayette Hill | 511 | 12.7% | 82.5% |
| Chestnutwold Elementary School Ardmore | 566 | 15.2% | 77.9% |
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 Wallingford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #33 of 1,396 | #4 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #84 of 1,511 ▼ 7 | #10 of 69 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #30 of 1,511 ▼ 3 | #2 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #254 of 1,638 | #13 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,110 of 1,528 | #57 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #830 of 1,531 | #55 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.7% | #1,576 of 1,600 | #72 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.2% | #96 of 450 | #6 of 25 |
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
609
+55 (+10%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 609 | 43 | 14.2:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 46 | 12.0:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 10% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 7% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 27 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wallingford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (511 to 609); teachers up 23% (35 to 43).
About Wallingford Elementary School
Wallingford Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. The school counts 609 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Wallingford-Swarthmore SD runs 5 schools with a combined 3,691 students. Wallingford Elementary School is one of them.
White students account for 78% of enrollment at Wallingford Elementary School. Smaller groups are 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Delaware County is roughly 63% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Wallingford Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Wallingford Elementary School counts 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.2 students for each one. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. About 9% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. On average, public schools in Delaware County report 58%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Wallingford Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Wallingford Elementary School are 11.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (85.2% actual, 73.9% predicted).
Across Delaware County, median household income is about $89,546, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Delaware County number 113 and enroll about 74,663.
Strath Haven Middle School is the public school closest to Wallingford Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Wallingford Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Wallingford Elementary School's average proficiency of 85.2% compares with 76.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Wallingford Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Wallingford Elementary School saw enrollment rise 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.0 to 14.2 over 4 years.
The Wallingford Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Wallingford-Swarthmore SD
- Strath Haven High SchoolHigh · 1,175 students
- Strath Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 868 students
- Swarthmore-Rutledge SchoolElementary · 560 students
- Nether Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Other schools in Wallingford
- Strath Haven High SchoolHigh · 1,175 students
- Strath Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 868 students
- Nether Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Nearby schools
- Strath Haven Middle School0.5 mi · 868
- Strath Haven High School0.5 mi · 1,175
- Media Elementary School1.3 mi · 488
- Nether Providence Elementary School1.4 mi · 479
- Swarthmore-Rutledge School1.4 mi · 560
- Indian Lane Elementary School1.8 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Wallingford Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wallingford Elementary School?
Wallingford Elementary School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wallingford Elementary School serve?
Wallingford Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Wallingford Elementary School have?
Wallingford Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wallingford Elementary School?
At Wallingford Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Wallingford Elementary School public or private?
Wallingford Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wallingford-Swarthmore SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.