Kings Highway El Sch

Located at 841 W Kings Hwy, in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Kings Highway El Sch is a mid-sized primary school that instructs 466 students (grades K through 5), part of Coatesville Area SD.

Coatesville Area SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,142 students; Kings Highway El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, Kings Highway El Sch records that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Chester County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Chester County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kings Highway El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.8%.

In the surrounding community, Chester County reports that median household income runs about $127,208, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Chester County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), Kings Highway El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rainbow El Sch, roughly 2.3 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kings Highway El Sch at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kings Highway El Sch has expanded 7%, going from 437 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 56% to 52%.

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