The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Science. The lowest is 48% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Edgewood El Sch
Edgewood Elementary serves the early grades in Folsom, a long-settled working- and middle-class residential suburb in the inner ring of Delaware County, just outside Philadelphia. The school sits at street level in the neighborhood itself rather than on a separate campus, and draws families from the surrounding area of mid-century homes and established households.
The school's enrollment is small, with most grades running between roughly fifty and seventy students each. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic diversity that reflects Folsom's own profile as a place where homeownership is common but household finances are not uniformly strong. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Asian, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. The school does not report data on students with disabilities or English learners, which may reflect either the composition of the school or simply that those counts are not publicly disclosed at the elementary level in Pennsylvania.
State assessment results are available only for grades three through five and only for two subjects plus one earlier science snapshot. In math, proficiency for that grade band sits in the middle range, reflecting mixed mastery across the cohort. English language arts shows similar results. A science assessment from a prior year put proficiency higher, though that earlier test involved a smaller group of students. Across these measures, the school's overall proficiency profile places it above the midpoint when compared to other schools in Delaware County's district network, a modest strength but not an outlier. A parent looking at Edgewood should understand these numbers as indicating that the school is holding its own academically within the county frame, though neither exceptional nor struggling.
The school is part of Ridley School District, which spans multiple townships in Delaware County. The district has introduced two structural changes that matter for families choosing or already in Folsom schools. Full-day kindergarten, implemented beginning in 2022-23, eliminates the half-day model and affects childcare arrangements for younger families. The district has also rolled out MindPrint, a brain-based cognitive assessment tool meant to personalize how teachers identify and support student learning; this is expanding from middle and high school into the elementary grades, including third grade at schools like Edgewood. That pedagogy shift is worth asking the school directly about during a visit.
Ridley has faced successive real estate tax increases. Property values in Folsom itself are moderate—median home prices are below the state benchmark and roughly in line with national norms—but the district's millage rate has climbed over recent years and another increase is on the horizon for 2025-26. For a family buying or renting in the area, these taxes add to the cost of living and are part of the calculus of whether the district fits a household's budget.
Folsom as a place is unusual among suburbs for its walkability; the commercial spine along MacDade Boulevard and the density of neighborhood streets make many local errands doable on foot, and SEPTA bus service and the commuter rail line to Center City are accessible. But the community is slowly contracting rather than growing, with the housing stock mostly mid-twentieth century and most activity now in resales and rehabs rather than new construction. Families settling here tend to be long-term residents or people drawn to an affordable, quiet, established neighborhood rather than a dynamic or expanding one.
For a parent considering Edgewood Elementary, the key questions are whether your child fits the school's grade span (K-5), whether the academic results and local environment align with your expectations, and whether the fixed costs of property taxes and the slower-growth character of Folsom itself suit your family's trajectory. The school itself offers no specialized programs in the available data and no information on staffing, class size, or other operational details that affect daily experience. Those are worth exploring directly with the school.
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