Greenwood El Sch

Greenwood El Sch is a medium-sized primary school in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, operated by Kennett Consolidated SD. The school serves 556 students in grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Greenwood El Sch sits 26% above that benchmark.

Kennett Consolidated SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,822 students; Greenwood El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Greenwood El Sch logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Chester County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Greenwood El Sch has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Chester County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Greenwood El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Chester County put median household earnings sit near $127,208, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which Greenwood El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Hillendale El Sch, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Greenwood El Sch comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 76.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Greenwood El Sch's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 604 (now 556). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 47% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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