Charlestown El Sch

Charlestown El Sch operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Malvern, Pennsylvania, run under Great Valley SD. Current enrollment sits at 414 students spanning grades K through 4.

Across the 7 schools in Great Valley SD (4,822 students total), Charlestown El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Charlestown El Sch lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 25% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Charlestown El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chester County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Charlestown El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.7%, the actual is 73.0%, a residual of -0.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Chester County put the typical household earns roughly $127,208 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which Charlestown El Sch is one.

Great Valley MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charlestown El Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charlestown El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Charlestown El Sch's enrollment has rose 24% since 2018, when it stood at 333 (now 414). The White share of enrollment contracted from 74% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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