The top reported proficiency rate is 35% in Science. The lowest is 19% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Sharon Hill Sch
Sharon Hill School is a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade public school serving the borough of Sharon Hill, a small, dense, walkable inner-suburb community in southeastern Delaware County with strong regional-rail access to Philadelphia. The school sits at the heart of a fully built-out residential borough where most housing is over a century old, commercial life clusters along Chester Pike, and civic anchors include the public library and a restored historic rail station.
The school's current enrollment is modest for its grade span, with about half the cohort in upper elementary and middle grades. Virtually all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of Sharon Hill residents. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students; enrollment data on special-education identification and English-learner status was not available.
Academic results show low proficiency in the most recent state testing. In English language arts across grades three through eight, proficiency stood below one-third of tested students. In mathematics, proficiency fell to under one-fifth. Science data is from an earlier year and shows higher proficiency, roughly one-third of students tested. When ranked against the cohort of Delaware County districts, Sharon Hill School's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint. No prior-year trend data was available to show whether results are improving, stable, or declining, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about trajectory and any initiatives underway to build reading and math skills.
The school is part of Southeast Delco School District, a multi-building district that serves students through high school. The district has undertaken a multi-year facilities modernization, upgrading heating, cooling, air quality, and lighting across all buildings, including an Elementary School air-conditioning project that has directly improved day-to-day learning conditions. Additionally, Southeast Delco was recently selected to receive a state tax-equity supplement aimed at reducing local property-tax burden, a structural change that may ease the cost of homeownership in the district over time.
Sharon Hill itself is a very walkable, compact borough with good transit connectivity. The SEPTA Wilmington-Newark Regional Rail line stops at Sharon Hill station within the borough, reaching Center City Philadelphia in roughly twenty minutes, and the D2 light-rail line also terminates locally. Housing is modest in price by regional standards, with homes mostly single-family, twins, or row homes and built stock concentrated in older decades. The borough has limited room for new large-scale residential development; growth has taken the form of rising home prices and reinvestment in existing infrastructure rather than new subdivisions.
For families considering this school, the key points are the low current proficiency levels, the modest size of the enrollment, and the heavily economically disadvantaged student population. At the same time, the school is embedded in a district making visible investments in buildings and facilities, benefits from a newly secured state funding stream, and sits in a community with real walkability and transit access. A prospective parent should discuss directly with the school what academic supports and interventions are in place, what the recent trajectory of results has been, and how the school works with families on homework and skill-building at home.
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