Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONVILLE-CHADDS FORD SD·NCES 422421000709
Chadds Ford Elementary School
3 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 · (610) 388-1112 · Chester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
46 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 51% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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 Unionville-Chadds Ford SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.5% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 86.7% | 74.5% |
% 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
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Chadds Ford Elementary School
Chadds Ford Elementary School's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadds Ford Elementary School this school | 328 | 14.0% | 81.9% |
| Hoover Elementary School Pittsburgh | 285 | 18.6% | 84.2% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School Collegeville | 426 | 16.0% | 76.0% |
| Worcester Elementary School Lansdale | 441 | 13.2% | 84.7% |
| Radio Park Elementary School State College | 424 | 19.3% | 76.0% |
| Hillendale Elementary School Chadds Ford | 346 | 10.4% | 86.8% |
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 Chadds Ford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #78 of 1,396 | #13 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #158 of 1,511 ▲ 5 | #16 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #70 of 1,511 ▼ 36 | #10 of 56 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #1,145 of 1,638 | #55 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #286 of 1,528 | #10 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #533 of 1,531 | #34 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.0% | #1,520 of 1,600 | #46 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #852 of 1,045 | #31 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
328
-39 (-11%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 328 | 28.7 | 11.4:1 | 14% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 29.5 | 12.0:1 | 13% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 26.8 | 12.8:1 | 5% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 28.8 | 12.0:1 | 8% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chadds Ford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (345 to 328); teachers unchanged (28.8 to 28.7).
About Chadds Ford Elementary School
Federal records list Chadds Ford Elementary School as an elementary school in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 328 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
The district, Unionville-Chadds Ford SD, has 3,665 students enrolled across 6 schools.
White students are the majority at Chadds Ford Elementary School, with 67% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 19% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 10 points below the 77% share among Chester County residents. Chadds Ford Elementary School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.4:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligible students account for 14% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Chester County average 38%.
Chadds Ford Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Chadds Ford Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 71.6%. Chadds Ford Elementary School scores 81.9%, 10.3 points above that line.
Chester County has these Census figures: the median household income is $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chester County is home to 111 public schools and about 83,468 public school students.
The nearest public school is Hillendale Elementary School, at about 2.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Chadds Ford Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 328, an 11% decrease from 367 in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Unionville-Chadds Ford SD
- Unionville High SchoolHigh · 1,263 students
- Charles F Patton Middle SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- Pocopson Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Unionville Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Hillendale Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Other schools in Chadds Ford
- Hillendale Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Hillendale Elementary School2.2 mi · 346
- Pocopson Elementary School2.4 mi · 514
- Greenwood Elementary School3.6 mi · 556
- Stetson Middle School3.8 mi · 808
- Sarah W Starkweather Elementary School4.0 mi · 576
- Concord Elementary School4.4 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Chadds Ford Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chadds Ford Elementary School?
Chadds Ford Elementary School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-05.
Is Chadds Ford Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chadds Ford Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Chadds Ford Elementary School have?
Chadds Ford Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is Chadds Ford Elementary School?
Chadds Ford Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Chadds Ford Elementary School public or private?
Chadds Ford Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Unionville-Chadds Ford SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.