Brandywine-Wallace El Sch

Brandywine-Wallace El Sch operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, run under Downingtown Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades K through 5.

Brandywine-Wallace El Sch is one of 16 schools operated by Downingtown Area SD, a district that educates 13,047 students overall.

On demographics, Brandywine-Wallace El Sch shows that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 22% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Brandywine-Wallace El Sch has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Brandywine-Wallace El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Brandywine-Wallace El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 86.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Chester County indicate median household income runs about $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Chester County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), Brandywine-Wallace El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Downingtown MS, roughly 2.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brandywine-Wallace El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 63.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 488 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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