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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CHESTER AREA SD·NCES 422529001457
Mary C Howse Elementary School
641 W Boot Rd, West Chester, PA 19380 · (484) 266-1300 · Chester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
35 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
70.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.2pp since 2023
Math
70.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 70.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.2% | 75.4% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Mary C Howse Elementary School
Mary C Howse Elementary School's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary C Howse Elementary School this school | 442 | 7.9% | 76.8% |
| Devon Elementary School Devon | 401 | 5.7% | 84.5% |
| Exton Elementary School Exton | 533 | 14.1% | 72.0% |
| West Vincent Elementary School Chester Springs | 530 | 10.0% | 82.9% |
| Uwchlan Hills Elementary School Downingtown | 537 | 10.2% | 82.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Sewickley | 718 | 4.6% | 89.7% |
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 Mary C Howse Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #166 of 1,396 | #16 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #269 of 1,511 ▼ 120 | #28 of 56 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #212 of 1,511 ▼ 136 | #23 of 56 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #712 of 1,638 | #37 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #884 of 1,528 | #47 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #258 of 1,531 | #10 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.9% | #1,582 of 1,600 | #58 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #195 of 1,045 | #7 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
442
-163 (-27%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 442 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 33.5 | 14.2:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 33.5 | 14.7:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 38.4 | 15.1:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 8% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 32 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary C Howse Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (580 to 442); teachers down 14% (38.4 to 33).
About Mary C Howse Elementary School
Mary C Howse Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. A total of 442 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5.
Mary C Howse Elementary School belongs to West Chester Area SD, a district of 17 schools and 11,987 students.
The most common group at Mary C Howse Elementary School is White students, at 47%. Other groups make up 38% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Chester County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Mary C Howse Elementary School operates with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.4:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. About 8% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Chester County is 30 points.
Mary C Howse Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Mary C Howse Elementary School is 2.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Among Chester County residents, the median household income is $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Mary C Howse Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is E N Peirce Middle School, at about 1.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 76.8% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 442, a 27% decrease from 605 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Mary C Howse Elementary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 West Chester Area SD
- West Chester Henderson High SchoolHigh · 1,444 students
- West Chester East High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- West Chester Bayard Rustin High SchoolHigh · 1,159 students
- E N Peirce Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- J R Fugett Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Stetson Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in West Chester
- Pennsylvania Leadership CSCombined · 2,874 students
- West Chester Henderson High SchoolHigh · 1,444 students
- West Chester East High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- West Chester Bayard Rustin High SchoolHigh · 1,159 students
- E N Peirce Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- 21st Century Cyber CSHigh · 996 students
Nearby schools
- E N Peirce Middle School1.3 mi · 1,040
- Collegium CS1.4 mi · 2,634
- Exton Elementary School1.8 mi · 533
- Greystone Elementary School1.9 mi · 511
- Chester County Technical College High School - Brandywine2.0 mi · 75
- East Bradford Elementary School2.4 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Mary C Howse Elementary SchoolHow large is Mary C Howse Elementary School?
Mary C Howse Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mary C Howse Elementary School serve?
Mary C Howse Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mary C Howse Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Mary C Howse Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Mary C Howse Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mary C Howse Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 38% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mary C Howse Elementary School in?
Mary C Howse Elementary School is part of West Chester Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.