Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENNETT CONSOLIDATED SD·NCES 421269007387
Bancroft Elementary School
181 Bancroft Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 · (610) 925-5711 · Chester County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
228 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (73) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Kennett Consolidated SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 48.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bancroft Elementary School
Bancroft Elementary School's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft Elementary School this school | 403 | 56.6% | 54.7% |
| Barkley Elementary School Phoenixville | 281 | 58.7% | 57.0% |
| Vida CS Gettysburg | 251 | 54.6% | 42.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Bethlehem | 355 | 66.5% | 30.1% |
| Union Canal Elementary School Lebanon | 386 | 66.3% | 41.4% |
| Clearview Elementary School Bethlehem | 384 | 71.6% | 43.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bancroft Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #740 of 1,396 | #48 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #840 of 1,511 ▼ 46 | #51 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #747 of 1,511 ▲ 48 | #48 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #868 of 1,638 | #49 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #326 of 1,528 | #13 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #493 of 1,531 | #30 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #877 of 1,600 | #12 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #620 of 1,045 | #21 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 403 | 34.8 | 11.6:1 | 57% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 34.8 | 11.4:1 | 58% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 30.7 | 12.8:1 | 53% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 51% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 38.8 | 11.6:1 | 55% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 54% (279) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bancroft Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (451 to 403); teachers down 10% (38.8 to 34.8).
About Bancroft Elementary School
Bancroft Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. It offers grades 1 through 5 and has 403 students enrolled.
Bancroft Elementary School is part of Kennett Consolidated SD, where 6 schools serve 3,822 students.
About 57% of the student body at Bancroft Elementary School is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 38% White. Among people living in Chester County, the Hispanic share is about 8%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. At Bancroft Elementary School, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 38% average among public schools in Chester County.
Bancroft Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.4%.
For Chester County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $127,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 111 public schools and about 83,468 students.
Among nearby public schools, Mary D Lang Kdg Center is closest at about 2.1 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bancroft Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 5%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 11.6:1 over the same years.
Bancroft Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Chester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,840
Census ACS
Median income
$127,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
83,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kennett Consolidated SD
- Kennett High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Kennett Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- New Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Mary D Lang Kdg CenterElementary · 304 students
Other schools in Kennett Square
- Unionville High SchoolHigh · 1,263 students
- Kennett High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Charles F Patton Middle SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Unionville Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Mary D Lang Kdg CenterElementary · 304 students
Other Bancroft Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Bancroft Elementary. Bancroft Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Bancroft Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 821 students
- Bancroft ElementaryWalnut Creek, CA · 672 students
- BANCROFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 535 students
- Bancroft ElementaryAndover, MA · 522 students
- Bancroft ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Mary D Lang Kdg Center2.1 mi · 304
- Kennett High School2.4 mi · 1,184
- New Garden Elementary School2.5 mi · 473
- Unionville High School3.1 mi · 1,263
- Avon Grove CS3.1 mi · 1,897
- Charles F Patton Middle School3.2 mi · 842
Frequently asked questions
About Bancroft Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bancroft Elementary School?
Bancroft Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 01-05.
Is Bancroft Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bancroft Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many students per teacher at Bancroft Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Bancroft Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Bancroft Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bancroft Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 57% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bancroft Elementary School in?
Bancroft Elementary School is part of Kennett Consolidated SD.
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