William Penn School District
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100 Green Avenue Annex Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Delaware County 19050-2095 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School board | 9 locally elected members |
| Superintendent | (Acting) Jane Harbert |
| School number | (610) 284-8000 |
| Faculty | 337 teachers (2010) |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 5,415 pupils (2009–10) |
| • Kindergarten | 449 |
| • Grade 1 | 396 |
| • Grade 2 | 417 |
| • Grade 3 | 411 |
| • Grade 4 | 394 |
| • Grade 5 | 417 |
| • Grade 6 | 435 |
| • Grade 7 | 358 |
| • Grade 8 | 388 |
| • Grade 9 | 533 |
| • Grade 10 | 407 |
| • Grade 11 | 352 |
| • Grade 12 | 360 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to be 5918 in 2020 |
| Budget | $85 million (2012) |
| Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $9,618.50, HS - $10,151.64 |
| Per pupil spending | $13,430 (2008) |
| Per pupil spending | $14,233.48 (2010) |
| Website | http://www.wpsd.k12.pa.us/ |
The William Penn School District is a large suburban, public school district located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.It comprises eight elementary schools, one middle school, one alternative school, and one high school, based on two campuses. The district serves the boroughs of Aldan, Colwyn, Darby, East Lansdowne, Lansdowne, and Yeadon. The district is adjacent to the City of Philadelphia. The total enrollment is about 5,610. The district encompasses approximately 5 square miles. According to 2000 local census data, it serves a resident population of 42,457. According to District officials, in school year 2005–06 the WPSD provided basic educational services to 5,359 pupils through the employment of 375 teachers, 151 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 36 administrators. The district administration offices are located at 100 Green Avenue – Annex Lansdowne, PA 19050.
The district was created in 1972 from the consolidation of smaller, local districts by state mandate that they merge and desegregate their schools.
High schools
Middle school
Primary schools
Alternative school
The William Penn School District has been identified by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as one of the lowest-performing school districts in the state. The student achievement has remained in the bottom 5% in the commonwealth for many years.
In July 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) released a report identifying William Penn School District schools as among the lowest-achieving public school districts for reading and mathematics in 2011. All of the District's eleven schools are among the 15% lowest-achieving schools in the Commonwealth. Parents and students may be eligible for scholarships to transfer to another public or nonpublic school through the state's Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program passed in June 2012. The scholarships are limited to those students whose family's income is less than $60,000 annually, with another $12,000 allowed per dependent. Maximum scholarship award is $8,500, with special education students receiving up to $15,000 for a year's tuition. Parents pay any difference between the scholarship amount and the receiving school's tuition rate. Students may seek admission to neighboring public school districts. Each year the PDE publishes the tuition rate for each individual public school district. Twenty eight public schools in Delaware County are among the lowest-achieving Pennsylvania public schools in 2011. According to the report, parents in 414 public schools (74 school districts) were offered access to these scholarships. For the 2012–13 school year, eight public school districts in Pennsylvania had all of their schools placed on the list, including: Sto-Rox School District, Chester Upland School District, Clairton City School District, Duquesne City School District, Farrell Area School District, William Penn School District, Wilkinsburg Borough School District and Steelton-Highspire School District. Funding for the scholarships comes from donations by businesses which receive a state tax credit for donating.
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