Penn-Delco School District

The Penn-Delco School District is a midsized, suburban public school district in Delaware County, Pennsylvania that encompasses the following municipalities: Aston Township, Brookhaven Borough, and Parkside Borough. Penn-Delco School district encompasses approximately 9 square miles. According to 2010 local census data it serves a resident population of 26,455. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $23,035, while the median family income was $61,417. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. According to District officials, in school year 2009-10, the Penn-Delco School District provided basic educational services to 3,319 pupils It employed 226 teachers, 346 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 22 administrators. Lastly, the Penn-Dell School District received more than $12.1 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.

Started in 1960 by Dr. William G. Moser, who served as the district's first superintendent, the district was carved out of the nearby present-day Chester-Upland School District and was instrumental for the building of the Sun Valley Senior High School and administration building on land donated by the Sun Oil Company (now present-day Sunoco). In addition to the regular curriculum, in 1976, the U.S. Marine Corps Jr. ROTC (MCJROTC) program was offered for the first time and is only one of three MCJROTC units in the Delaware Valley area – the others being in nearby Chester City and in Bensalem.