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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNINGTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420771009949
Bradford Hgts Elementary School
1330 Romig Rd, Downingtown, PA 19335 · (610) 269-6021 · Chester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
129 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Bradford Hgts Elementary School→Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center
Based on grade levels within Downingtown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
74.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 74.2% |
| 2023-24 | 71.5% | 69.8% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Bradford Hgts Elementary School
Bradford Hgts Elementary School's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Hgts Elementary School this school | 534 | 24.2% | 72.5% |
| Vernfield Elementary School Telford | 517 | 22.2% | 70.2% |
| Springfield Twp Elementary School-Enfield Erdenheim | 550 | 20.7% | N/A |
| Ridge Park Elementary School Conshohocken | 525 | 22.7% | 75.7% |
| Springfield Twp Elementary School-Erdenhm Flourtown | 573 | 24.8% | 64.9% |
| Manavon Elementary School Phoenixville | 497 | 28.0% | 68.4% |
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 Bradford Hgts Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #247 of 1,396 | #27 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #204 of 1,511 ▲ 44 | #19 of 56 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #294 of 1,511 ▼ 2 | #30 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #430 of 1,638 | #16 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #598 of 1,528 | #26 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #684 of 1,531 | #45 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #1,401 of 1,600 | #33 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #1,004 of 1,045 | #38 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
534
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 534 | 42.7 | 12.5:1 | 24% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 40.7 | 13.9:1 | 23% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 39.7 | 14.1:1 | 20% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 36.6 | 14.8:1 | 17% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 15% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 9% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 28 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bradford Hgts Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (540 to 534); teachers up 17% (36.6 to 42.7).
About Bradford Hgts Elementary School
Bradford Hgts Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Its enrollment is 534 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 21% larger than average.
Bradford Hgts Elementary School is one school in a 16-school district, Downingtown Area SD, which enrolls 13,047 students.
The share of White students at Bradford Hgts Elementary School is 74%, a majority. Other students are 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Chester County at about 77% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at Bradford Hgts Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. The school reported 24% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Chester County is 14 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Bradford Hgts Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 67.3% at Bradford Hgts Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.5%.
Looking at the county, Chester County, median household income comes to about $127,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 111, with about 83,468 students.
Beaver Creek Elementary School sits about 1.0 miles from Bradford Hgts Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bradford Hgts Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 534, starting from 541. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.5:1, from 13.9:1.
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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 Downingtown Area SD
- Downingtown HS West CampusHigh · 1,796 students
- Downingtown HS East CampusHigh · 1,708 students
- Downingtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,074 students
- Marsh Creek Sixth Grade CenterMiddle · 1,066 students
- Lionville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,045 students
- Downingtown STEM AcademyHigh · 962 students
Other schools in Downingtown
- Downingtown HS West CampusHigh · 1,796 students
- Downingtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,074 students
- Marsh Creek Sixth Grade CenterMiddle · 1,066 students
- Downingtown STEM AcademyHigh · 962 students
- Lionville Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- West Bradford Elementary SchoolElementary · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Beaver Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 531
- Downingtown STEM Academy1.3 mi · 962
- Downingtown HS West Campus1.5 mi · 1,796
- East Ward Elementary School1.7 mi · 549
- Downingtown Middle School1.7 mi · 1,074
- Chester County Technical College High School - Brandywine1.9 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Bradford Hgts Elementary SchoolHow large is Bradford Hgts Elementary School?
Bradford Hgts Elementary School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bradford Hgts Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bradford Hgts Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bradford Hgts Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bradford Hgts Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bradford Hgts Elementary School?
At Bradford Hgts Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Bradford Hgts Elementary School in?
Bradford Hgts Elementary School is part of Downingtown Area SD.
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