School Profile
Delaware County Christian School
School Overview
Delaware County Christian School (DC) is an independent college preparatory Christian school that combines spiritual vitality and academic rigor. The school’s mission is to educate students who will serve God and impact the world through biblical thought and action. Located on 49 acres across two campuses in Newtown Square and Devon ( both western suburbs of Philadelphia), DC has 90 highly qualified faculty members (full and part time) with a student-faculty ratio of 10 to 1. Two thirds of the faculty have graduate degrees. DC is a diverse school: students of color represent 38% of the total enrollment, school families attend approximately 150 different churches, and the college preparatory curriculum supports academic diversity with resource rooms and learning support. The school’s liberal arts curriculum is coupled with student learning that is innovative and collaborative. DC also has a longstanding tradition of excellence in the arts, athletics and other co-curricular offerings.
School History
In 1949, a small group of parents gathered together with the shared conviction that God wanted to raise up a school where children and young people would be educated in "the fear of the Lord." Throughout the year, these visionary parents gathered weekly to pray for God's direction and seek His provision in making Christ-centered education the key to knowledge.
In September 1950, Delaware County Christian School officially opened its doors to 58 students in grades K-5, renting space from a church in Springfield, PA. Holding firm to God's promise found in Jeremiah 32:17, “Ah Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you”, forty-three families stepped out in faith and enrolled their children for the 1950-51 school year. In 1955, the school purchased the former 11 acre George Strawbridge Estate on Malin Road. In 1964 the school embarked on its first building program to provide the school with a gymnasium-auditorium. An adjacent five acres were also added to the school campus. During the 1970's, the upper school and middle school buildings were constructed.
In 1983, Delaware County Christian School purchased the former Alice Grimm School in Newtown Square from the Marple-Newtown School District. This addition provided much-needed space for lower school students in grades K-5. A Pre-K program was added in 2004.
To meet the needs of its growing student population from the greater Delaware Valley five-county area, the school continued to expand its facilities with the addition of fine arts space and a 600 seat auditorium/classroom building. The Lower School relocated to its present thirty-three acre campus in 2009.
In the fall of 2019, the school announced the formation of a dedicated Early Childhood Center to serve the needs of the school’s youngest learners. This new program will serve children in Pre-K 3 through Kindergarten.