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Greystone El Sch
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat 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 68 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 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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%.
About Greystone El Sch
Greystone El Sch operates as a moderately sized primary school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, part of West Chester Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 511 students spanning grades K through 5.
West Chester Area SD comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 11,987 students; Greystone El Sch is among them.
In terms of who attends, Greystone El Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Greystone El Sch has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Chester County's rate of about 38%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Greystone El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.8%; this one delivers 67.3%.
Across the wider county, census data for Chester County shows 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. Across Chester County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), Greystone El Sch is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: E N Peirce MS, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Greystone El Sch comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 69.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
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