Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTER-UPLAND SD·NCES 420586001958
Main Street School
704 Main St, Upland, PA 19015 · (610) 447-3685 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
301 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
16.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -16.6pp since 2023
Math
9.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.4% | 9.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 19.6% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Main Street School
Main Street School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street School this school | 340 | 88.5% | 23.9% |
| Lingelbach Anna L School Philadelphia | 363 | 91.5% | 36.1% |
| Steel Edward School Philadelphia | 379 | 89.2% | 9.6% |
| Meade Gen George C School Philadelphia | 314 | 88.9% | 10.3% |
| Pittsburgh King K-8 Pittsburgh | 368 | 88.9% | 10.1% |
| Kenderton Elementary School Philadelphia | 300 | 94.3% | 8.4% |
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 Main Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,252 of 1,396 | #56 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #1,425 of 1,511 ▼ 157 | #65 of 69 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,406 of 1,511 ▼ 183 | #60 of 69 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,102 of 1,638 | #53 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #954 of 1,528 | #46 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #755 of 1,531 | #43 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #667 of 1,600 | #28 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #390 of 1,045 | #17 of 45 |
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
340
+27 (+9%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 89% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 100% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 23 | 12.9:1 | 100% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 27 | 11.6:1 | 99% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 95% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 100% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 18 | 18.8:1 | 90% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 61% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Main Street School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (408 to 340); teachers down 7% (27 to 25).
About Main Street School
Main Street School is a public small elementary school in Upland, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 340 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Chester-Upland SD has 7 schools; together they serve 3,039 students.
Black students make up a majority at Main Street School, at 76%. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Delaware County is about 22% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 13.6 students per teacher and 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%. The 58% average for public schools in Delaware County is 31 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Main Street School is D. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 39.6% for a school in Pennsylvania with Main Street School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Main Street School posts 23.9%.
Across Delaware County, the median household income is $89,546, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Delaware County has 113 public schools and roughly 74,663 students.
The closest public school, Toby Farms Intermediate School, is about 0.5 miles from Main Street School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Main Street School ranks 4th of 6 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 11.6:1 to 13.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Main Street School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chester-Upland SD
- Chester High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- STEM at ShowalterHigh · 477 students
- Edgmont Scholars AcademyElementary · 422 students
- Chester Upland School of ArtsElementary · 384 students
- Toby Farms Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 359 students
- Stetser Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
Other Main Street schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Main Street. Main Street School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Main Street SchoolExeter, NH · 406 students
- Main Street SchoolNorwalk, OH · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Toby Farms Intermediate School0.5 mi · 359
- STEM at Showalter0.7 mi · 477
- Parkside Elementary School0.9 mi · 252
- Chester Upland School of Arts0.9 mi · 384
- Chester High School0.9 mi · 806
- Edgmont Scholars Academy1.1 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Main Street SchoolHow many students attend Main Street School?
Main Street School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Main Street School serve?
Main Street School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Main Street School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Main Street School is approximately 13.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Main Street School?
At Main Street School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 11% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Main Street School public or private?
Main Street School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chester-Upland SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.