Ridley School District is a large,

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public

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in southeastern

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. It serves the residents of Ridley Township, and the boroughs of

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and Eddystone. Ridley School District encompasses approximately 8

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s. According to 2000 federal census data, Ridley School District served a resident population of 40,429. In 2009, the district residents’

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was $21,563, while the

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was $56,201. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. The district has one

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, one

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, and seven

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Extracurriculars

The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. Ridley School District uses a Green Raider as their

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. The Raiders referred to Native Americans from the Lenni Lenape Nation. In the summer of 2020, a movement organized by students at Ridley High School (called Diversify Our Narrative) took action to change the controversial mascot; however, they have yet to yield any results. Ridley High School is home to the

WRSD WRSD, known as "Ridley School District Radio", is a variety radio station which is broadcast in the Philadelphia area. The station is broadcast locally from a transmitter located in Folsom, Pennsylvania, and covers a fairly large radius around t ...

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* {{Coord, 39.8924, -75.3359, type:edu_globe:earth_region:US-PA, display=title School districts in Delaware County, Pennsylvania School districts established in 1967 1967 establishments in Pennsylvania