State/Public Secondary Open

Penn Wood 9th Grade Academy

๐Ÿ“ 600 Cypress St, Yeadon, Delaware County, 19050

348
Pupils
69.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Penn Wood 9th Grade Academy is a State/Public serving secondary age pupils, located in Yeadon, Delaware County. The school has 348 pupils enrolled. It is part of the William Penn SD school district. It serves grades 9 in a suburban setting. The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 69.6:1.

School details

School district
William Penn SD

Enrollment & staffing

Penn Wood 9th Grade Academy enrolls 348 students across grades 9. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 69.6:1.

Male students
177 (51%)
Female students
171 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
5
Student-teacher ratio
69.6:1
Grade span
9

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American30287%
Hispanic or Latino174.9%
Two or more races164.6%
White102.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

348 of the school's 348 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 348 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades 9Title I

Penn Wood 9th Grade Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA-50, state senate district 8, state house district 164.

School district: William Penn SD

Penn Wood 9th Grade Academy is one of 11 schools in William Penn SD, based in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. The district serves 4,499 students district-wide and employs 328 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 348 students, Penn Wood 9th Grade Academy is close to the district average of about 409 students per school.

4,499
District students
11
Schools
328
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

13%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: Suburb - Large

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