Wallingford El Sch

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, Wallingford El Sch caters to 609 students from grades K through 5, operated by Wallingford-Swarthmore SD. That puts it 37% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Wallingford-Swarthmore SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,691 students. Wallingford El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Wallingford El Sch reports that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 9% of students at Wallingford El Sch qualify 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wallingford El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Delaware County shows median household earnings sit near $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Wallingford El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Strath Haven MS, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wallingford El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 76.3%.

Wallingford El Sch operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wallingford El Sch has increased 19%, going from 511 students in 2018 to 609 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 10% to 4% over that span.

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