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Avon Grove Intrmd Sch
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Avon Grove Intrmd Sch
Located at 395 S. Jennersville Road, in West Grove, Pennsylvania, Avon Grove Intrmd Sch is a sizable primary school that teaches 1,436 students (grades 2 through 5), operated by Avon Grove SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 224% bigger than typical.
Avon Grove SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 4,871 students; Avon Grove Intrmd Sch is among them.
On the student-mix side, Avon Grove Intrmd Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at Avon Grove Intrmd Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Avon Grove Intrmd Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.1%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Chester County put the typical household earns roughly $127,208 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which Avon Grove Intrmd Sch is one.
The closest other public school is Penn London El Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Avon Grove Intrmd Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.3%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Avon Grove Intrmd Sch has shrank 5%, going from 1,504 students in 2018 to 1,436 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.
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