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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OWEN J ROBERTS SD·NCES 421827006487
North Coventry Elementary School
475 Kemp Road, Pottstown, PA 19465 · (610) 469-5105 · Chester County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
175 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 33% smaller than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Owen J Roberts SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.4pp 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 63 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.9% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 65.4% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 North Coventry Elementary School
North Coventry Elementary School's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Coventry Elementary School this school | 532 | 32.9% | 70.0% |
| Kissel Hill Elementary School Lititz | 579 | 33.7% | 60.3% |
| Gilbertsville Elementary School Gilbertsville | 517 | 31.3% | 59.3% |
| Dallas Intermediate School Dallas | 561 | 30.7% | 70.4% |
| Hans Herr Elementary School Lampeter | 611 | 32.6% | 68.5% |
| Wycallis Primary Center Dallas | 512 | 37.5% | N/A |
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 North Coventry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #289 of 1,396 | #31 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #451 of 1,511 ▼ 105 | #41 of 56 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #199 of 1,511 ▲ 72 | #21 of 56 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #439 of 1,638 | #18 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #766 of 1,528 | #40 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #919 of 1,531 | #55 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #1,290 of 1,600 | #22 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #354 of 1,045 | #13 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
532
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 532 | 40.8 | 13.0:1 | 33% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 31% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 42.8 | 13.1:1 | 28% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 26% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 47.8 | 13.6:1 | 26% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 21% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 18% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 38 | 18.4:1 | 11% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 33 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Coventry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (648 to 532); teachers down 15% (47.8 to 40.8).
About North Coventry Elementary School
In Pottstown, Pennsylvania, part of Chester County, North Coventry Elementary School is an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 532 students in kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 20% above that mark.
North Coventry Elementary School is among 7 schools run by Owen J Roberts SD, which serves 5,300 students.
At North Coventry Elementary School, 81% of students are White. It is also 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put Chester County at about 77% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, North Coventry Elementary School scores 34%.
North Coventry Elementary School has 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.0:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 33% at North Coventry Elementary School.
On the allk12 Grade, North Coventry Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for North Coventry Elementary School is 63.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.0%.
In Chester County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $127,208, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 111 public schools and about 83,468 students.
Measured in a straight line, Rupert Elementary School is about 2.2 miles from North Coventry Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, North Coventry Elementary School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
North Coventry Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 563 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 532 by 2024-25.
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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 Owen J Roberts SD
- Owen J Roberts High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Owen J Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- French Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- West Vincent Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- East Vincent Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- East Coventry Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Other schools in Pottstown
- Owen J Roberts High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Pottsgrove SHSHigh · 973 students
- Pottstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Pottstown High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Owen J Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Pottsgrove Middle SchoolMiddle · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Rupert Elementary School2.2 mi · 379
- Barth Elementary School2.4 mi · 321
- Pottstown Middle School2.4 mi · 918
- Lincoln Elementary School2.4 mi · 322
- East Coventry Elementary School2.5 mi · 479
- Pottstown High School2.5 mi · 911
Frequently asked questions
About North Coventry Elementary SchoolHow many students attend North Coventry Elementary School?
North Coventry Elementary School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does North Coventry Elementary School serve?
North Coventry Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does North Coventry Elementary School have?
North Coventry Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at North Coventry Elementary School?
Student demographics at North Coventry Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is North Coventry Elementary School in?
North Coventry Elementary School is part of Owen J Roberts SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.