New Garden Elementary School

New Garden Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania, operated by Kennett Consolidated SD. Current enrollment sits at 473 students spanning grades 1 through 5.

Within Kennett Consolidated SD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,822 students, New Garden Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, New Garden Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest consists of 36% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting New Garden Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, New Garden Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.5%; this one delivers 60.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Chester County shows 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), New Garden Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Kennett Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Garden Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. New Garden Elementary School's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 473).

Inside the community feed, the feed for New Garden Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.