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Black student results in Lower Merion School District

Across 7 schools in Lower Merion School District, 50.8% of Black students meet proficient. That is 24.8 points above the Pennsylvania average for Black students.

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81%
All students
50.8%
Black
74.2%
Hispanic
84.2%
White
90.9%
Asian

Average across the 7 schools in Lower Merion School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 7 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Penn Valley Sch reports 64.7% of Black students meeting the standard. Cynwyd Sch, in the same district, reports 38.1%. That is a 26.6-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Lower Merion School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Penn Valley Sch 83.5% 64.7% 64.3% 88.1% 90.9%
Welsh Valley Ms 82.1% 59.4% 72.3% 83.4% 97.2%
Gladwyne Sch 81.8% 53.6% 76.9% 83.7%
Black Rock Ms 82.8% 52.7% 83.3% 85.5% 90.3%
Penn Wynne Sch 79.3% 45.3% 73.7% 84.7% 88.8%
Bala-Cynwyd Ms 79.6% 42.1% 86.5% 80.7% 92.5%
Cynwyd Sch 77.7% 38.1% 62.5% 83.5% 85.4%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Pennsylvania suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,156 of Pennsylvania's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Pennsylvania figures should not be compared against another state's.

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