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Phoenixville Early Learning Center
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 291 | 47% |
| Grade 1 | 322 | 53% |
Schools most like Phoenixville Early Learning Center
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenixville Early Learning Center this school | 613 | 32.3% | N/A |
| Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Center Pittston | 701 | 28.7% | N/A |
| Owatin Creek Elementary School Reading | 539 | 35.4% | 67.3% |
| Macungie Elementary School Macungie | 529 | 34.0% | 68.6% |
| Willow Lane Elementary School Macungie | 593 | 27.2% | 68.0% |
| Green Valley Elementary School Sinking Spring | 505 | 28.3% | 56.4% |
Where Phoenixville Early Learning Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #245 of 1,638 | #5 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #852 of 1,528 | #44 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #477 of 1,531 | #28 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #1,296 of 1,600 | #23 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #777 of 1,045 | #27 of 40 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 613 | 46.1 | 13.3:1 | 32% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 52.8 | 11.2:1 | 34% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 47.5 | 12.2:1 | 31% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 45 | 12.8:1 | 28% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 38.5 | 17.1:1 | 27% (178) |
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (659 to 613); teachers up 20% (38.5 to 46.1).
About Phoenixville Early Learning Center
At 1 Phantom Way in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Phoenixville Early Learning Center operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 1, with 613 students enrolled. Enrollment is 38% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
The 6 schools of Phoenixville Area SD, including Phoenixville Early Learning Center, enroll 3,966 students.
Phoenixville Early Learning Center's enrollment is 64% White. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Chester County's population at about 77%. By the diversity index, Phoenixville Early Learning Center comes in at 53%.
Phoenixville Early Learning Center employs 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure. Phoenixville Early Learning Center's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 32%.
Among Chester County residents, median household income is about $127,208, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Phoenixville Early Learning Center is one of 111 public schools in Chester County, which together enroll about 83,468 students.
The closest public school, Manavon Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Phoenixville Early Learning Center. Within five miles are at least 8 other public 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.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 613 was 6% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 577.
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Chester County at a glance
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