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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RADNOR TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421992006512
Wayne Elementary School
651 W Wayne Ave, Wayne, PA 19087 · (610) 687-8480 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
87 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 Radnor Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
82.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.2% | 82.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 80.2% |
% 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
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Wayne Elementary School
Wayne Elementary School's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Elementary School this school | 525 | 16.6% | 80.4% |
| Beaver Creek Elementary School Downingtown | 531 | 16.9% | 75.7% |
| Titus Elementary School Warrington | 566 | 15.7% | 67.9% |
| Evans Elementary School Limerick | 546 | 18.1% | 73.3% |
| General Nash Elementary School Harleysville | 465 | 17.8% | 72.9% |
| Merion Elementary School Merion Station | 438 | 14.8% | 90.0% |
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 Wayne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #100 of 1,396 | #10 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #83 of 1,511 ▼ 1 | #9 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #128 of 1,511 ▲ 31 | #12 of 69 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #464 of 1,638 | #31 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #187 of 1,528 | #16 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #476 of 1,531 | #22 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #1,488 of 1,600 | #58 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #703 of 1,045 | #23 of 45 |
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
525
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 525 | 48.2 | 10.9:1 | 17% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 47.7 | 11.2:1 | 16% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 46 | 11.7:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 43 | 12.5:1 | 17% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 44.1 | 13.1:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 49 | 13.4:1 | 3% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 41 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (576 to 525); teachers up 9% (44.1 to 48.2).
About Wayne Elementary School
Wayne Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Wayne, Pennsylvania, administered by Radnor Township SD. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 525 students in kindergarten through 5.
Radnor Township SD oversees Wayne Elementary School and 4 other schools, with 3,571 students in total.
Wayne Elementary School is 66% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 15% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The White share in Delaware County as a whole is similar, at about 63%. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wayne Elementary School and a ratio of 10.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 17% of enrollment. Public schools in Delaware County average 58%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wayne Elementary School is 9.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 80.4% actual, 70.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Within Delaware County, the median household income is $89,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Wayne Elementary School, Delaware County has 112 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Wayne Elementary School to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Devon Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wayne Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 525, starting from 537. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.5 to 10.9 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Radnor Township SD
- Radnor SHSHigh · 1,146 students
- Radnor Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Radnor Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Ithan Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
Other schools in Wayne
- Valley Forge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,186 students
- Radnor Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Valley Forge Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- New Eagle Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other Wayne Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Wayne Elementary. Wayne Elementary School is the largest of the 8.
- WAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWAYNE, NE · 499 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolWayne, WV · 444 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolWayne, IL · 391 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolCorydon, IA · 328 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolDETROIT, MI · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Devon Elementary School1.1 mi · 401
- Radnor Middle School1.1 mi · 808
- Beaumont Elementary School1.4 mi · 459
- Radnor SHS2.4 mi · 1,146
- Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School2.5 mi · 1,056
- Radnor Elementary School2.5 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Wayne Elementary SchoolHow large is Wayne Elementary School?
Wayne Elementary School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wayne Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wayne Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Wayne Elementary School have?
Wayne Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
How diverse is Wayne Elementary School?
Wayne Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Wayne Elementary School?
Wayne Elementary School is overseen by Radnor Township SD in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.