School district · Pennsylvania
William Penn SD
William Penn SD in Pennsylvania: 11 public schools with 4,499 students and 13.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $26,494 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 4,499
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- PA 13.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $26,494
- PA $21.5K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 337
- Counselors (FTE)
- 13.0
- Students per counselor
- 346
- PA 316 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 5.0
- Librarians (FTE): 2.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Pennsylvania: 49%27%proficient
−1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 84% of school districts in Pennsylvania
Median 47% · 655 school districts compared
1,836 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%16%proficient
+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 84% of school districts in Pennsylvania
Median 39% · 655 school districts compared
1,844 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 13% · $18.2M
- State
- 46% · $62.8M
- Local
- 41% · $56M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $18,068
- Support services
- $7,408
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $16.8M
- Long-term debt
- $58.1M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aldan El SchFree meals for all | K–6 | 238 | 14.0 | 30% | 23% |
Ardmore Avenue El SchFree meals for all | K–6 | 535 | 13.0 | 31% | 20% |
Bell Avenue SchoolFree meals for all | K–6 | 265 | 13.9 | 15% | 15% |
Colwyn El SchFree meals for all | K–6 | 135 | 16.9 | 43% | 33% |
East Lansdowne El SchFree meals for all | K–6 | 269 | 13.8 | 35% | 25% |
Park Lane El SchFree meals for all | K–6 | 304 | 12.2 | 23% | 11% |
W B Evans El SchFree meals for all | K–6 | 304 | 12.2 | 36% | 34% |
Walnut Street El SchFree meals for all | K–6 | 255 | 8.5 | 15% | 12% |
Penn Wood MSFree meals for all | 7–8 | 667 | 12.6 | 26% | 7.0% |
Penn Wood 9th Grade AcademyFree meals for all | 9 | 379 | 47.4 | — | — |
Penn Wood HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,148 | 12.6 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 100 Green Avenue Annex, Lansdowne, PA 19050
- Phone
- (610)284-8000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.