Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN VALLEY SD·NCES 422400000872
Honey Brook El Center
1530 West Walnut Road, Honey Brook, PA 19344 · (610) 273-3615 · Chester County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
124 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 15% smaller than its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Twin Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 62.4% |
% 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
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Honey Brook El Center
Honey Brook El Center's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Brook El Center this school | 289 | 42.9% | 62.8% |
| Newberry Elementary School Etters | 286 | 45.8% | 51.9% |
| Penn Bernville Elementary School Bernville | 302 | 41.1% | 50.8% |
| Hamilton Twp Elementary School Sciota | 305 | 40.7% | 63.3% |
| Perry Elementary School Shoemakersville | 327 | 43.4% | 57.9% |
| Nye Elementary School Hummelstown | 317 | 39.4% | 58.1% |
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 Honey Brook El Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #501 of 1,396 | #42 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #348 of 1,511 ▲ 81 | #36 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #599 of 1,511 ▲ 173 | #47 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #1,289 of 1,638 | #57 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #211 of 1,528 | #7 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #960 of 1,531 | #57 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #1,111 of 1,600 | #15 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #172 of 1,045 | #6 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
289
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 289 | 26.1 | 11.1:1 | 43% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 24.1 | 12.2:1 | 42% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 24.6 | 11.9:1 | 41% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 31% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 26.4 | 14.7:1 | 35% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 33% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 22% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 14% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 21 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Honey Brook El Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (387 to 289); teachers down 1% (26.4 to 26.1).
About Honey Brook El Center
Located in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, Honey Brook El Center is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school reports 289 students in kindergarten through 4. The school's enrollment is 35% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
In Twin Valley SD, 5 schools enroll a combined 2,868 students.
At Honey Brook El Center, White students make up 82% of the student body. Other students are 11% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Honey Brook El Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
The school employs the equivalent of 26.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Honey Brook El Center is 43%.
allk12 grades Honey Brook El Center a B. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.2% for Honey Brook El Center. The school posts 62.8%, 3.5 points above the prediction.
Federal survey data for Chester County show that 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.
Of nearby public schools, Kings Highway Elementary School is the closest, at about 5.7 miles. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Honey Brook El Center is ahead of the 55.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 309 to 289. Students per teacher fell from 12.9 in 2020-21 to 11.1 in 2024-25.
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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 Twin Valley SD
- Twin Valley High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Twin Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Twin Valley El CenterElementary · 395 students
- Robeson El CenterElementary · 339 students
Nearby schools
- Kings Highway Elementary School5.7 mi · 466
- Twin Valley El Center6.0 mi · 395
- Twin Valley Middle School6.0 mi · 856
- Twin Valley High School6.1 mi · 989
- Blue Ball Elementary School6.5 mi · 374
- Salisbury Elementary School6.7 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Honey Brook El CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Honey Brook El Center?
Honey Brook El Center enrolls approximately 289 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Honey Brook El Center serve?
Honey Brook El Center serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Honey Brook El Center?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Honey Brook El Center.
How diverse is Honey Brook El Center?
Honey Brook El Center reports a student body of 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Honey Brook El Center?
Honey Brook El Center is overseen by Twin Valley SD in Chester County.
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