The top reported proficiency rate is 87% in Science. The lowest is 72% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Lynnewood El Sch
Lynnewood Elementary is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school serving a residential suburb about nine miles west of Philadelphia. The school sits in Havertown, an inner-ring, largely built-out community of tree-lined streets, single-family homes from the mid-twentieth century and earlier, and several small commercial districts scattered along roads like West Chester Pike and Eagle Road. The neighborhood has a long Irish-American identity and is walkable enough that kids can reach school on foot; civic anchors include more than thirty parks, a free library, and SEPTA's M Line connecting the township to the city.
The school enrolls just under six hundred students, with a student body that is predominantly white and substantially middle-income. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Demographic representation is limited: the school is mostly white, with smaller Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial populations and very small numbers of Black students and students of other backgrounds. No data were available on the share of students with special education plans or those learning English as an additional language.
On state testing, Lynnewood's performance in mathematics and English language arts is solid. In the most recent test year, roughly four in five students scored at proficiency in math, and about seven in ten in ELA. Science results, from the prior year, showed stronger proficiency, with roughly nine in ten students performing at grade level. Across tested grades and subjects, the school's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in Delaware County.
The district serving Lynnewood, Haverford Township School District, has undertaken sustained investment in school facilities through a general obligation bond, with major additions and renovations underway at two elementary schools and a recently completed multi-phase expansion at Haverford High School that added science and arts capacity. At the elementary level, the district has adopted Wit & Wisdom as its core reading and writing program across kindergarten through fifth grade, a knowledge-building approach to literacy instruction that is a deliberate pedagogical choice families with young readers should understand. On the less positive side, property taxes in the district have risen materially in recent budgets and continue on an upward trajectory at the state-allowed index cap, a sustained cost for homeowners and renters weighing a move into the township.
Housing in the ZIP code is a substantial financial commitment. Median home values sit well above the state average, and monthly housing costs, whether mortgage or rent, consume a significant share of household income by national standards. The community is affluent and settled, with limited new residential development planned; growth will be confined to small infill projects and mixed-use corridors on a few commercial roads. This is a mature, stable, middle-to-upper-middle-class enclave, and Lynnewood reflects that character: a school with straightforward academic performance, embedded in a predictable residential neighborhood, where a parent or family would know what they are entering.
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