Summary:
The city of Collingdale, Pennsylvania has only one school, Harris School, which serves grades K-8 and has a total enrollment of 658 students. Harris School is part of the Southeast Delco School District, which is ranked 517 out of 606 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Harris School has a predominantly African American student population, with 80.24% of students identifying as African American, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Pennsylvania elementary schools over the past three school years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its performance on PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) tests is also well below the state and district averages, particularly in mathematics, with only 8.5% of grade 8 students scoring proficient or better, compared to 26% at the state level and 10.8% in the Southeast Delco School District.
Despite the low academic performance, Harris School has a 0.0% dropout rate and the lowest student-teacher ratio (12.8) among the 5 elementary schools in the Southeast Delco School District. However, 100% of Harris School students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage, which may contribute to the challenges the school faces in terms of academic achievement.
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