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Enrollment
582
Elementary
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421167001871
Chatham Park Elementary School
400 Allston Rd, Havertown, PA 19083 · (610) 853-5900 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
91 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Haverford Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
84.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 84.3% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 81.3% |
% 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
83.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Chatham Park Elementary School
Chatham Park Elementary School's state test result (83.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham Park Elementary School this school | 582 | 15.6% | 83.4% |
| Bon Meade Elementary School Moon township | 572 | 18.5% | 84.1% |
| Skippack Elementary School Collegeville | 557 | 18.0% | 76.6% |
| Gladwyne School Gladwyne | 556 | 12.2% | 85.2% |
| Buck Elementary School Langhorne | 571 | 19.1% | 72.7% |
| Springfield Literacy Center Springfield | 574 | 11.5% | N/A |
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 Chatham Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #62 of 1,396 | #7 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #58 of 1,511 ▲ 3 | #5 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #78 of 1,511 ▲ 3 | #9 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #298 of 1,638 | #15 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,355 of 1,528 | #69 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #775 of 1,531 | #47 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #1,500 of 1,600 | #60 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #843 of 1,045 | #38 of 45 |
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
582
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 582 | 37.1 | 15.7:1 | 16% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 37.6 | 15.6:1 | 16% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 37.4 | 16.3:1 | 14% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 13% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 32 | 18.1:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 23 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chatham Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (613 to 582); teachers unchanged (37 to 37.1).
About Chatham Park Elementary School
Chatham Park Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Haverford Township SD in Havertown, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 582 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 31% higher.
The 7 schools in Haverford Township SD enroll 6,477 students altogether, Chatham Park Elementary School among them.
At Chatham Park Elementary School, White students make up 77% of the student body. The next largest groups are 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The school's White share is 14 points above the 63% share among Delaware County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.7:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Chatham Park Elementary School reports 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Delaware County average 58%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Chatham Park Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Chatham Park Elementary School's results are 12.5 points above predicted: 83.4% against 70.9%.
Delaware County has these Census figures: the median household income is $89,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Delaware County has 113 public schools and roughly 74,663 students.
Haverford SHS is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Chatham Park Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Chatham Park Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has fallen by 42 students since 2020-21, to 582. Students per teacher fell from 16.9 in 2020-21 to 15.7 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haverford Township SD
- Haverford SHSHigh · 1,994 students
- Haverford Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,578 students
- Manoa Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Lynnewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Chestnutwold Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Coopertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Other schools in Havertown
- Haverford SHSHigh · 1,994 students
- Haverford Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,578 students
- Manoa Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Lynnewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
Nearby schools
- Haverford SHS0.6 mi · 1,994
- Haverford Middle School0.6 mi · 1,578
- Hillcrest Elementary School1.0 mi · 551
- Highland Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 737
- Manoa Elementary School1.3 mi · 706
- Drexel Hill Middle School1.3 mi · 1,244
Frequently asked questions
About Chatham Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chatham Park Elementary School?
Chatham Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 582 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Chatham Park Elementary School serve?
Chatham Park Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Chatham Park Elementary School have?
Chatham Park Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chatham Park Elementary School?
At Chatham Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Chatham Park Elementary School?
Chatham Park Elementary School is overseen by Haverford Township SD in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.