Penn Wood Middle School
121 Summit St Darby PA, 19023, Delaware County Phone: 610-586-1804 Ranking:  (2,122 out of 2,311, bottom 8%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8 School District: William Penn School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 54 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 53 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 766 | 766 | 766 | 842 | 834 | 792 | 749 | |||||||
| Grade 7: | 379 | 49.5% | 397 | 51.8% | 369 | 48.2% | 395 | 46.9% | 451 | 54.1% | 368 | 46.5% | 369 | 49.3% |
| Grade 8: | 378 | 49.3% | 365 | 47.7% | 392 | 51.2% | 436 | 51.8% | 373 | 44.7% | 421 | 53.2% | 379 | 50.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 422 | 55.1% | 406 | 53.0% | 395 | 51.6% | 430 | 51.1% | 405 | 48.6% | 386 | 48.7% | 383 | 51.1% |
| Female: | 344 | 44.9% | 360 | 47.0% | 371 | 48.4% | 412 | 48.9% | 421 | 50.5% | 398 | 50.3% | 362 | 48.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.7% |
| Asian: | 10 | 1.3% | 7 | 0.9% | 8 | 1.0% | 13 | 1.5% | 11 | 1.3% | 7 | 0.9% | 11 | 1.5% |
| Hispanic: | 8 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.0% | 7 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Black: | 721 | 94.1% | 723 | 94.4% | 715 | 93.3% | 782 | 92.9% | 779 | 93.4% | 752 | 94.9% | 700 | 93.5% |
| White: | 27 | 3.5% | 26 | 3.4% | 31 | 4.0% | 36 | 4.3% | 34 | 4.1% | 29 | 3.7% | 32 | 4.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 576 | 75.2% | 561 | 73.2% | 539 | 70.4% | 592 | 70.3% | 531 | 63.7% | 412 | 52.0% | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 50 | 6.5% | 61 | 8.0% | 71 | 9.3% | 77 | 9.1% | 83 | 10.0% | 84 | 10.6% | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.29 | 13.90 | 13.30 | 14.52 | 14.73 | 13.80 | 14.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 0% | 37.2% | 64.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 51.8% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 48.5% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 58.3% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 58.8% | 80.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 45.4% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 53.2% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 56.9% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 55% | 76% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 39% | 38.7% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 43.8% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 55% | 54.4% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 58.8% | 76.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 57% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 57.4% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 64.9% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 62.7% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 16% | 15.3% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 17.2% | 17.1% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 18% | 17.5% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 25.7% | 25.3% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 21% | 20.9% | 59.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 52% | 51.2% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 45.9% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.6% | 49.7% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 53.4% | 72.7% |
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* Penn Wood Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.