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What's the biggest difference between Lionville MS and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,045
Middle
DISTRICT 1,062 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNINGTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420771000307
Lionville Middle School
550 W Uwchlan Ave, Exton, PA 19341 · (610) 524-6300 · Chester County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,045 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- ATest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
143 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 512 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 533 | 51% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
70.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
55.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.6% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 51.9% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Lionville Middle School
Lionville Middle School's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lionville Middle School this school | 1,045 | 13.7% | 63.8% |
| Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School Berwyn | 1,056 | 9.4% | 76.0% |
| Valley Forge Middle School Wayne | 1,186 | 8.2% | 75.7% |
| Marshall Middle School Wexford | 847 | 6.3% | 74.2% |
| South Fayette Middle School McDonald | 859 | 14.1% | 76.6% |
| Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center Downingtown | 1,066 | 15.2% | 66.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Lionville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #79 of 479 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #78 of 513 ▲ 13 | #6 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #67 of 513 ▲ 17 | #6 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,045 | #43 of 522 | #6 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #317 of 486 | #18 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #73 of 486 | #5 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #492 of 510 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #86 of 131 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,045
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 1,213
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 1,045 | 75.8 | 13.8:1 | 14% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 1,037 | 77.6 | 13.4:1 | 14% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 1,041 | 80 | 13.0:1 | 14% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 1,038 | 79 | 13.1:1 | 10% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 994 | 75.7 | 13.1:1 | 10% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 1,094 | 78 | 14.0:1 | 10% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 1,507 | 105 | 14.3:1 | 6% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 1,213 | 84 | 14.4:1 | 3% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lionville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (994 to 1,045); teachers unchanged (75.7 to 75.8).
About Lionville Middle School
Lionville Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school with an address in Exton, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 1,045 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Pennsylvania) has about 594 students.
Downingtown Area SD runs 16 schools with a combined 13,047 students. Lionville Middle School is one of them.
At 53%, White students outnumber all other groups at Lionville Middle School combined. The school is also 31% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 77%. The chance that two students picked at random at Lionville Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Federal data list 75.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lionville Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.8:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.2:1. The lunch program counts 14% of students at Lionville Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 38% average for public schools in Chester County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Lionville Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lionville Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.8% is 8.0 points below the 71.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Chester County, median household income is about $127,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 111 public schools in Chester County, with a combined enrollment of about 83,468.
The closest other public school is Downingtown HS East Campus, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 63.8% is below the 70.3% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Lionville Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,038) to 2024-25 (1,045).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lionville Middle 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 Downingtown Area SD
- Downingtown HS West CampusHigh · 1,796 students
- Downingtown HS East CampusHigh · 1,708 students
- Downingtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,074 students
- Marsh Creek Sixth Grade CenterMiddle · 1,066 students
- Downingtown STEM AcademyHigh · 962 students
- Lionville Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
Other schools in Exton
- Insight PA Cyber CSCombined · 3,385 students
- Collegium CSCombined · 2,634 students
- Downingtown HS East CampusHigh · 1,708 students
- Achievement House CSHigh · 927 students
- Exton Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Downingtown HS East Campus0.4 mi · 1,708
- Lionville Elementary School0.5 mi · 668
- Insight PA Cyber CS0.8 mi · 3,385
- Achievement House CS1.0 mi · 927
- Uwchlan Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 537
- Collegium CS1.9 mi · 2,634
Frequently asked questions
About Lionville Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lionville Middle School?
Lionville Middle School enrolls approximately 1,045 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Lionville Middle School serve?
Lionville Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Lionville Middle School have?
Lionville Middle School employs 76 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Lionville Middle School?
Lionville Middle School reports a student body of 53% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 31% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lionville Middle School?
Lionville Middle School is overseen by Downingtown Area SD in Chester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.