Upper Darby School District
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Official Logo of the Upper Darby School District
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4611 Bond Ave Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, Delaware County 19026-4592 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Superintendent | Mr Daniel Nerelli (Acting Superintendent) |
| School number | (610) 789-7200 |
| Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction | Daniel P. McGarry |
| Faculty | 839.25 teachers (2010) |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Age | 5 years to 21 years old for Special education |
| Pupils | 12,057 (2010–11) |
| • Kindergarten | 896 |
| • Grade 1 | 960 |
| • Grade 2 | 964 |
| • Grade 3 | 939 |
| • Grade 4 | 907 |
| • Grade 5 | 931 |
| • Grade 6 | 929 |
| • Grade 7 | 967 |
| • Grade 8 | 953 |
| • Grade 9 | 964 |
| • Grade 10 | 919 |
| • Grade 11 | 936 |
| • Grade 12 | 844 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to be 14, 081 in 2019 |
| Budget | $160 million (2012), $156.2 million (2011) |
| Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $9,101.79, HS - $9,596.12 |
| Per pupil spending | $13,524 (2008) |
| Per Pupil Spending | $12,501.23 (2010) |
| Website | http://www.upperdarbysd.org/ |
Upper Darby School District (UDSD) is a large public school district of approximately 12,000 students in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It consists of an 8.3-square-mile (21 km2) area including Upper Darby Township, Clifton Heights borough, and Millbourne borough. According to 2009 local census data, it serves a resident population of 90,000. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $20,699, while the median family income was $51,965. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. According to District officials, in school year 2007–08, Upper Darby School District provided basic educational services to 11,700 pupils.
Upper Darby schools serve an increasingly diverse population: 41% of students are White, 42% are African American, 13% are Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% are Hispanic and 1% are other. In 2010, there are 877 Limited English Proficient (LEP) students speaking over 70 languages, including Punjabi, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Albanian, Greek, and Urdu. Over 350 students also meet the state criteria for immigrant status. In addition, the district annually educates more than 380 students who have refugee status and/or limited formal schooling. In the past seven years, the percentage of students who meet the low-income status set by the Federal Free/Reduced Lunch Program has risen from 23% to almost 50%.
In 2010, the District employed: 960 teachers, 237 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 46 administrators. Upper Darby School District received more than $45.4 million in state funding in school year 2007–08.
Upper Darby School District operates one high school, two middle schools, ten elementary schools and a kindergarten center.
The school district is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve four-year terms), the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The federal government controls programs it funds like Title I funding for low-income children in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring on grade level reading and math skills.
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