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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421167001876
Chestnutwold Elementary School
630 Loraine St, Ardmore, PA 19003 · (610) 853-5900 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
86 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 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
36%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
75.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
79.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 79.1% |
| 2023-24 | 82.4% | 69.1% |
% 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
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% 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 Chestnutwold Elementary School
Chestnutwold Elementary School's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnutwold Elementary School this school | 566 | 15.2% | 77.9% |
| Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School West Chester | 529 | 15.7% | 74.5% |
| Whitemarsh Elementary School Lafayette Hill | 511 | 12.7% | 82.5% |
| New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary School Frederick | 606 | 17.8% | 57.5% |
| East Goshen Elementary School West Chester | 510 | 18.8% | 77.6% |
| Churchville Elementary School Churchville | 558 | 15.1% | 62.3% |
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 Chestnutwold Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #147 of 1,396 | #16 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #123 of 1,511 ▲ 133 | #13 of 69 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #133 of 1,511 ▼ 44 | #14 of 69 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #338 of 1,638 | #18 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #986 of 1,528 | #50 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #856 of 1,531 | #56 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.2% | #1,505 of 1,600 | #61 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #971 of 1,045 | #41 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
566
-64 (-10%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 566 | 41.3 | 13.7:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 41.4 | 14.5:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 39.4 | 14.9:1 | 16% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 34.6 | 16.7:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 14% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 5% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chestnutwold Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (577 to 566); teachers up 19% (34.6 to 41.3).
About Chestnutwold Elementary School
At 630 Loraine St in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Chestnutwold Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 566 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Chestnutwold Elementary School is a school in Haverford Township SD. The district has 7 schools and 6,477 students.
A majority of students at Chestnutwold Elementary School, 79%, are White. Other reported shares: 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Delaware County's residents are about 63% White, 16 points below the school's share. Chestnutwold Elementary School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Chestnutwold Elementary School counts 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.7 students for each one. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Delaware County is 58%.
Chestnutwold Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 71.1% at Chestnutwold Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.9%.
In the county around the school, Delaware County, median household income is about $89,546, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 113 public schools operate in Delaware County, serving about 74,663 students.
The closest public school to Chestnutwold Elementary School is Haverford SHS, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Chestnutwold Elementary School comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Chestnutwold Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Chestnutwold Elementary School went from 630 students to 566. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Chatham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Lynnewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Coopertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Nearby schools
- Haverford SHS0.9 mi · 1,994
- Haverford Middle School1.0 mi · 1,578
- Penn Wynne School1.4 mi · 621
- Lower Merion High School1.4 mi · 1,674
- Chatham Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 582
- Lynnewood Elementary School1.6 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About Chestnutwold Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chestnutwold Elementary School?
Chestnutwold Elementary School enrolls approximately 566 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Chestnutwold Elementary School serve?
Chestnutwold Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Chestnutwold Elementary School have?
Chestnutwold Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chestnutwold Elementary School?
At Chestnutwold Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Chestnutwold Elementary School in?
Chestnutwold Elementary School is part of Haverford Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.