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Enrollment
842
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONVILLE-CHADDS FORD SD·NCES 422421006719
Charles F Patton Middle School
760 Unionville Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 · (610) 347-2000 · Chester County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL842 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
81 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 279 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 276 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 34% |
Student demographics
43%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
Charles F Patton Middle School→Unionville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Unionville-Chadds Ford SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
82.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.5% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.4% | 62.7% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Charles F Patton Middle School
Charles F Patton Middle School's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles F Patton Middle School this school | 842 | 9.6% | 74.9% |
| Newtown Middle School Newtown | 833 | 13.8% | 73.7% |
| Fort Couch Middle School Pittsburgh | 647 | 11.3% | 79.9% |
| Radnor Middle School Wayne | 808 | 14.1% | 83.0% |
| Downingtown Middle School Downingtown | 1,074 | 15.9% | 61.8% |
| Boyce Middle School Pittsburgh | 624 | 12.3% | 84.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Charles F Patton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #17 of 479 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #23 of 513 ▲ 16 | #3 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #12 of 513 ▲ 7 | #1 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #98 of 522 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #57 of 486 | #3 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #211 of 486 | #19 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #501 of 510 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #94 of 332 | #3 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
842
-155 (-16%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 842 | 76.8 | 11.0:1 | 10% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 875 | 77.6 | 11.3:1 | 9% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 78.4 | 11.7:1 | 7% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 997 | 81 | 12.3:1 | 9% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 997 | 78.5 | 12.7:1 | 6% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 991 | 77 | 12.9:1 | 4% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 984 | 71 | 13.9:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 961 | 66 | 14.6:1 | 3% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 49 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles F Patton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (997 to 842); teachers down 2% (78.5 to 76.8).
About Charles F Patton Middle School
Charles F Patton Middle School is a public middle school run by Unionville-Chadds Ford SD in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 842 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. It has 42% more students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).
Charles F Patton Middle School is one school in a 6-school district, Unionville-Chadds Ford SD, which enrolls 3,665 students.
Federal enrollment data show Charles F Patton Middle School is 74% White. The next largest groups are 14% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. In Chester County overall, the White share is about 77%. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Charles F Patton Middle School are from different groups.
Charles F Patton Middle School reports a ratio of 11.0 students per teacher, from 76.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Charles F Patton Middle School, 10% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 38% average for public schools in Chester County is 28 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Charles F Patton Middle School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
A school with Charles F Patton Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 73.5%. Charles F Patton Middle School scores 74.9%, 1.4 points above that line.
In Chester County, home to about 547,840 people, 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. There are 111 public schools in the county, enrolling about 83,468, Charles F Patton Middle School among them.
Unionville High School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Charles F Patton Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Charles F Patton Middle School at 5th of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment fell 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.3:1 to 11.0:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Pocopson Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Unionville Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Hillendale Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Chadds Ford Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
Other schools in Kennett Square
- Unionville High SchoolHigh · 1,263 students
- Kennett High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Bancroft Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Unionville Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Mary D Lang Kdg CenterElementary · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Unionville High School0.1 mi · 1,263
- Unionville Elementary School0.6 mi · 372
- Mary D Lang Kdg Center3.0 mi · 304
- Greenwood Elementary School3.2 mi · 556
- Bancroft Elementary School3.2 mi · 403
- Kennett High School3.3 mi · 1,184
Frequently asked questions
About Charles F Patton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Charles F Patton Middle School?
Charles F Patton Middle School enrolls approximately 842 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Charles F Patton Middle School serve?
Charles F Patton Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Charles F Patton Middle School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Charles F Patton Middle School.
How diverse is Charles F Patton Middle School?
Charles F Patton Middle School reports a student body of 74% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles F Patton Middle School?
Charles F Patton Middle School is overseen by Unionville-Chadds Ford SD in Chester County.
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