Penn Wood El Sch

Penn Wood El Sch operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, run under West Chester Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 438 students spanning grades K through 5.

Penn Wood El Sch is one of 17 schools operated by West Chester Area SD, a district that teaches 11,987 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Penn Wood El Sch logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. Compared to Chester County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at Penn Wood El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chester County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Penn Wood El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.6%; this one delivers 70.7%.

Around the school, Chester County reports that the typical household earns roughly $127,208 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which Penn Wood El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is West Chester Bayard Rustin HS, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Penn Wood El Sch comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.8%.

Penn Wood El Sch operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Penn Wood El Sch's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 520 (now 438). Over the same period, the White share fell from 85% to 80%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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