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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CHESTER AREA SD·NCES 422529001456
Exton Elementary School
301 S Hendricks Ave, Exton, PA 19341 · (484) 266-1400 · Chester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- C+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
12.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
75 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.4pp since 2023
Math
72.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.9% | 72.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.3% | 68.6% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% 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 Exton Elementary School
Exton Elementary School's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exton Elementary School this school | 533 | 14.1% | 72.0% |
| Mary C Howse Elementary School West Chester | 442 | 7.9% | 76.8% |
| Devon Elementary School Devon | 401 | 5.7% | 84.5% |
| West Vincent Elementary School Chester Springs | 530 | 10.0% | 82.9% |
| Green Ridge Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 474 | 29.3% | 79.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Sewickley | 718 | 4.6% | 89.7% |
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 Exton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #252 of 1,396 | #28 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #232 of 1,511 ▲ 37 | #23 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #331 of 1,511 ▼ 157 | #32 of 56 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #435 of 1,638 | #17 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #521 of 1,528 | #22 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #212 of 1,531 | #7 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #1,519 of 1,600 | #45 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #930 of 1,045 | #34 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
533
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 533 | 43.5 | 12.3:1 | 14% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 40.5 | 11.7:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 37.6 | 11.8:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 14% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 38.2 | 14.4:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 11% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 36 | 19.2:1 | 5% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 25 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Exton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (550 to 533); teachers up 14% (38.2 to 43.5).
About Exton Elementary School
Exton Elementary School is a public elementary school run by West Chester Area SD in Exton, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 533 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 20% higher.
The district, West Chester Area SD, operates 17 schools serving 11,987 students.
Exton Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 43%. Smaller groups are 40% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Hispanic. County-wide, 77% of Chester County residents are White. By the diversity index, Exton Elementary School comes in at 65%.
The school reported 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.3:1. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 14% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The average for public schools in Chester County is 38%.
allk12 grades Exton Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Pennsylvania, Exton Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 72.0% actual against a predicted 71.6%.
In the county around the school, Chester County, median household income is about $127,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 111 public schools operate in Chester County, serving about 83,468 students.
The closest other public school is E N Peirce Middle School, about 1.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Exton Elementary School's average proficiency of 72.0% compares with 64.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Exton Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 533 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 558.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Exton Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 West Chester Area SD
- West Chester Henderson High SchoolHigh · 1,444 students
- West Chester East High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- West Chester Bayard Rustin High SchoolHigh · 1,159 students
- E N Peirce Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- J R Fugett Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Stetson Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in Exton
- Insight PA Cyber CSCombined · 3,385 students
- Collegium CSCombined · 2,634 students
- Downingtown HS East CampusHigh · 1,708 students
- Lionville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,045 students
- Achievement House CSHigh · 927 students
Nearby schools
- E N Peirce Middle School1.8 mi · 1,040
- Mary C Howse Elementary School1.8 mi · 442
- Collegium CS2.0 mi · 2,634
- Greystone Elementary School2.3 mi · 511
- Downingtown HS East Campus2.4 mi · 1,708
- Lionville Elementary School2.5 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About Exton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Exton Elementary School?
Exton Elementary School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Exton Elementary School serve?
Exton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Exton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Exton Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Exton Elementary School?
At Exton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 40% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Exton Elementary School in?
Exton Elementary School is part of West Chester Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.