Best Public Schools in Collingdale, PA

The city of Collingdale, Pennsylvania has only one school, Harris School, which serves grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 688 students. Harris School is part of the Southeast Delco School District, which is ranked 482 out of 606 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harris School is struggling academically, with proficiency rates in math, English Language Arts (ELA), and science significantly below the state averages. In math, proficiency rates range from 7.2% to 30.9%, while in ELA, they range from 22.2% to 38.5%. Science proficiency rates are also below the state average, with 4th-grade students at 39.7% proficient or better and 8th-grade students at 27.9% proficient or better. The school's dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 1.4%.

Harris School serves a predominantly low-income community, with 100% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's per-student spending of $11,576 for the 2022-2023 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 13.7 for the 2023-2024 school year suggest that the school may be facing challenges in effectively allocating resources and addressing the unique needs of its student population. While Harris School's performance is below the state average, it is also generally underperforming compared to the Southeast Delco School District as a whole, indicating that the challenges faced by the school may be systemic within the district.