Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDLEY SD·NCES 422037001932
Woodlyn Elementary School
1200 Colson Rd., Woodlyn, PA 19094 · (610) 534-1900 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
244 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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 Ridley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
40.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 34.6% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Woodlyn Elementary School
Woodlyn Elementary School's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlyn Elementary School this school | 320 | 76.3% | 43.7% |
| Hamilton Elementary School Carlisle | 388 | 68.6% | 43.9% |
| Washington Heights Elementary School Lemoyne | 324 | 68.5% | 50.0% |
| Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5 Pittsburgh | 278 | 84.5% | 27.2% |
| Linwood Elementary School Linwood | 249 | 78.7% | 41.1% |
| Letort Elementary School Carlisle | 225 | 67.6% | 44.2% |
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 Woodlyn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #1,005 of 1,396 | #38 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #994 of 1,511 ▲ 54 | #37 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #865 of 1,511 ▲ 182 | #37 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,174 of 1,638 | #55 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #246 of 1,528 | #20 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #61 of 1,531 | #5 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #710 of 1,600 | #32 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #987 of 1,045 | #44 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
320
+42 (+15%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 320 | 28.5 | 11.2:1 | 76% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 27 | 11.7:1 | 77% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 26.8 | 11.0:1 | 92% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 26 | 10.7:1 | 68% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 25.3 | 12.8:1 | 72% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 69% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 290 | 23 | 12.6:1 | 57% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 25 | 12.3:1 | 49% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 17 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlyn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (325 to 320); teachers up 13% (25.3 to 28.5).
About Woodlyn Elementary School
Woodlyn Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Pennsylvania, located in Woodlyn. Enrollment totals 320 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 28% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
District-wide, Ridley SD has 9 schools and 5,539 students.
About 39% of students at Woodlyn Elementary School are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 30% Black, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Delaware County, the White share is about 63%. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Woodlyn Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Woodlyn Elementary School, there are about 11.2 students; the school has 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. There are 244 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 76% of enrollment. Among public schools in Delaware County, the average eligibility rate is 58%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Woodlyn Elementary School outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Woodlyn Elementary School's results are 1.2 points below predicted: 43.7% against 44.9%.
For the population of Delaware County, the median household earns about $89,546 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Woodlyn Elementary School shares Delaware County with 112 other public schools.
Woodlyn Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Ridley Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Woodlyn Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Woodlyn Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.7% against a local average of 46.4%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 42 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Woodlyn Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Ridley SD
- Ridley High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Ridley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Amosland Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Grace Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Ridley Middle School0.6 mi · 1,291
- Grace Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 366
- Lakeview Elementary School0.7 mi · 403
- Ridley High School1.0 mi · 1,825
- Eddystone Elementary School1.2 mi · 226
- Stetser Elementary School1.2 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlyn Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodlyn Elementary School?
Woodlyn Elementary School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Woodlyn Elementary School serve?
Woodlyn Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Woodlyn Elementary School have?
Woodlyn Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodlyn Elementary School?
At Woodlyn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 13% Hispanic, 30% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodlyn Elementary School?
Woodlyn Elementary School is overseen by Ridley SD in Delaware County.
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