Ridley School District | |
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Address | |
901 Morton Ave Folsom, Pennsylvania, Delaware, 19033 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
Superintendent | Lee Ann Wentzel |
Grades | K-12 |
Enrollment | 5,788 (2009–10) |
• Kindergarten | 365 |
• Grade 1 | 258 |
• Grade 2 | 364 |
• Grade 3 | 412 |
• Grade 4 | 412 |
• Grade 5 | 426 |
• Grade 6 | 423 |
• Grade 7 | 417 |
• Grade 8 | 449 |
• Grade 9 | 554 |
• Grade 10 | 550 |
• Grade 11 | 493 |
• Grade 12 | 492 |
• Other | Enrollment projected to be 5, 274 in 2019 |
Website | http://www.ridleysd.k12.pa.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1 |
Ridley School District is a large, suburban public school district in southeastern Delaware County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It serves the residents of Ridley Township, and the boroughs of Ridley Park and Eddystone. Ridley School District encompasses approximately 8 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, Ridley School District served a resident population of 40,429. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $21,563, while the median family income was $56,201. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. Per Ridley School District officials, in the school year 2007–08, Ridley School District provided basic educational services to 5,775 pupils. The district employed: 443 teachers, 430 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 28 administrators. Ridley School District received more than $18.8 million in state funding in school year 2007–08.
The district has one high school, one middle school, and seven elementary schools.
Ridley School District was ranked 340th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on four years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and two years of science PSSAs.
In 2011, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Ridley School District ranked 484th. In 2010, the district was 454th. The editor describes the ranking as: "a ranking answers the question - which school districts do better than expectations based upon economics? This rank takes the Honor Roll rank and adds the percentage of students in the district eligible for free and reduced-price lunch into the formula. A district finishing high on this rank is smashing expectations, and any district above the median point is exceeding expectations."