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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Caln El Sch this year?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COATESVILLE AREA SD·NCES 420624001376
Caln Elementary School
3609 Lincoln Hwy, Thorndale, PA 19372 · (610) 383-3760 · Chester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
453 students
DISTRICT 104% · 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 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
26.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.2% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 28.6% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Caln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #1,179 of 1,396 | #53 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,205 of 1,511 ▼ 56 | #55 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #1,293 of 1,511 ▲ 24 | #56 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #718 of 1,638 | #38 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #600 of 1,528 | #27 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #73 of 1,531 | #4 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #175 of 1,600 | #3 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #816 of 1,045 | #29 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
440
+63 (+17%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 440 | 35.2 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 34.3 | 13.2:1 | 100% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 34.8 | 13.4:1 | 67% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 64% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 41% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 40% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 706 | 41 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (467 to 440); teachers up 1% (34.8 to 35.2).
About Caln Elementary School
Thorndale, Pennsylvania, is home to Caln Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 440 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5.
Caln Elementary School is a school in Coatesville Area SD. The district has 9 schools and 5,142 students.
Black students form the largest group at Caln Elementary School, 33% of enrollment. Next come 30% White, 28% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 5% Black among all Chester County residents. By the diversity index, Caln Elementary School comes in at 71%.
Caln Elementary School operates with 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.5:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure.
allk12 grades Caln Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Caln Elementary School is 3.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (29.6% versus 33.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In Chester County (population about 547,840), median household income is about $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Caln Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in Chester County, which together enroll about 83,468 students.
The closest public school to Caln Elementary School is Beaver Creek Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. Within five miles of Caln Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Caln Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 377 in 2020-21 and 440 in 2024-25, a gain of 63 students.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Coatesville Area SD
- Coatesville Area SHSHigh · 1,366 students
- Coatesville Intermediate High SchoolHigh · 826 students
- Rainbow Elementary SchoolElementary · 684 students
- Kings Highway Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Scott Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Reeceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Beaver Creek Elementary School1.6 mi · 531
- West Bradford Elementary School1.7 mi · 623
- Downingtown HS West Campus2.0 mi · 1,796
- Downingtown Middle School2.1 mi · 1,074
- Downingtown STEM Academy2.1 mi · 962
- Bradford Hgts Elementary School2.2 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Caln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Caln Elementary School?
Caln Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Caln Elementary School serve?
Caln Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Caln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Caln Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Caln Elementary School?
At Caln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 28% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Caln Elementary School?
Caln Elementary School is overseen by Coatesville Area SD in Chester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.