(WElcome to Lea School!)
There are currently 505 students enrolled at Lea for the 2014-2015 school year. A break-down of student ethnicities and economically disadvantaged families are shown in the pie charts below.
Two characteristics of Lea that make it unique in terms of demographics are the fact that Lea students speak around 30 different languages. The population of English Language Learners is almost five times that at Powel School. (11.7% at Lea compared to 2.3% at Powel) Also, Lea has multiple autism support classrooms. The population of students with disabilities is almost twice that at Powel School. (18.8% at Lea compared to 10.4% at Powel) The population of students who are mentally gifted at Lea is 0.2% whereas at Powel it is 2.7%.
Moving away from demographics, Lea also has a unique partnership with the University of Pennsylvania. Many students at Penn volunteer at Lea in many different capacities. Although Penn does not give as many financial resources to Lea as it gives to Penn Alexander, Penn does offer Lea many other types of assets.