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Upper Darby SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Upper Darby SD runs 13 public schools with 12,356 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 12,356
- Teachers (FTE)
- 900
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 8201 Lansdowne Ave, Upper Darby, PA 19082
- Phone
- (610)789-7200
- County
- Delaware County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4224320
- State district ID
- PA-125239452
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,598
- School counselors (FTE)
- 41.0About 301 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 43.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,420), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $226.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $26.7 million
- State revenue
- $85.6 million
- Local revenue
- $113.7 million
- Total spending
- $215.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,339
- Salaries
- $87.2 million40.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $52.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 50.3%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,339
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Upper Darby SD
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 10 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Aronimink El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 626 | 13.6 |
| Beverly Hills Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,475 | 13.5 |
| Bywood El SchCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 683 | 12.6 |
| Charles Kelly El SchCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 270 | 10.0 |
| Drexel Hill Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,244 | 12.3 |
| Garrettford El SchCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 529 | 11.5 |
| Highland Park El SchCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 737 | 14.5 |
| Hillcrest El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 551 | 9.8 |
| Primos El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 499 | 11.3 |
| Stonehurst Hills El SchCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 436 | 8.9 |
| Upper Darby Kdg CtrCEP school | Elementary | K | 468 | 17.3 |
| Upper Darby SHSCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 4,187 | 17.0 |
| Westbrook Park El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 468 | 12.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Delaware County
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- Ridley SD 5,628 students
- William Penn SD 4,499 students
- Garnet Valley SD 4,449 students
- Springfield SD 4,432 students
- Rose Tree Media SD 4,267 students
- Marple Newtown SD 3,942 students
- Southeast Delco SD 3,855 students
- Chester Community CS 3,794 students
- Wallingford-Swarthmore SD 3,699 students
- Radnor Township SD 3,598 students
- Interboro SD 3,366 students
- Penn-Delco SD 3,209 students
- Chester-Upland SD 3,143 students
- Chichester SD 2,923 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.