Ridley School District

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Ridley School District
Address
901 Morton Avenue
Folsom
, Pennsylvania , 19033
United States
District information
TypePublic
Established1967
NCES District ID 4220370 [1]
Students and staff
Students5,464 [1]
Teachers397 [1]
Student–teacher ratio13.8:1 [1]
ColorsGreen & white [ citation needed ]
Other information
Website www.ridleysd.org

Ridley School District is a large, suburban public school district in southeastern Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It serves the residents of Ridley Township, and the boroughs of Ridley Park and Eddystone. The township includes the census-designated places of Folsom and Woodlyn. [2]

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Ridley School District encompasses approximately 8 square miles.

The district has one high school, one middle school, and seven elementary schools.

According to 2017-21 ACS-ED data, the district serves a resident population of 40,369. [3] The median household income is $77,304, versus a state median income of $67,587, and national median income of $69,021. [3]

Extracurriculars

The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. Ridley School District uses a Green Raider as their mascot. The Raiders referred to Native Americans from the Lenni Lenape Nation. In the summer of 2020, a movement organized by students at Ridley High School (called Diversify Our Narrative) took action to change the controversial mascot; however, they have yet to yield any results.

Ridley High School is home to the WRSD radio station.

In 1948 Ridley Township High School began borrowing a car from an area dealership for its driving training program, being the first high school in the region of Chester Pike to do this. Ridley Park High School later also started the dealership partner program. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Ridley SD". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Delaware County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  3. 1 2 "ACS School District Profile 2017-21". National Center for Education Statistics.
  4. ↑ "3 Schools Given Cars". Delaware County Times . Chester, Pennsylvania. 1955-09-16. p. ? (page 15 of document roll). - Clipping at Newspapers.com.

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