Lionville MS

Lionville MS is one of the big 6-8 campuss in Exton, Pennsylvania, run under Downingtown Area SD, with 1,045 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Lionville MS sits 76% above that benchmark.

Lionville MS is one of 16 schools operated by Downingtown Area SD, a district that hosts 13,047 students overall.

On demographics, Lionville MS reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 31% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Chester County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 14% of students at Lionville MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Chester County (around 38%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lionville MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Chester County) logs that median household earnings sit near $127,208, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Lionville MS is one of 111 public schools in Chester County (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students).

Downingtown HS East Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lionville MS. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lionville MS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.3%.

Lionville MS operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lionville MS has grew 5%, going from 994 students in 2018 to 1,045 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 68% to 53% over that span.

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