Enrollment
166
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING-FORD AREA SD·NCES 422256000233
Spring City Elementary School
190 Wall Street, Spring City, PA 19475 · (610) 705-6004 · Chester County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- A-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
11.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
76 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (32).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Spring City Elementary School→Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th→Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center→Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center→Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center
Based on grade levels within Spring-Ford Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
72.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.9% | 72.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Spring City Elementary School
Spring City Elementary School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring City Elementary School this school | 166 | 45.8% | 72.8% |
| Broad Street Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 239 | 44.8% | 66.8% |
| Moore School Pittsburgh | 236 | 59.3% | 54.5% |
| Roberts Elementary School Wayne | 292 | 31.8% | 65.8% |
| J.A. Allard Elementary School Moon Township | 209 | 34.9% | 81.1% |
| Candlebrook Elementary School King of Prussia | 313 | 33.2% | 69.3% |
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 Spring City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #240 of 1,396 | #25 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #241 of 1,511 ▼ 93 | #24 of 56 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #330 of 1,511 ▲ 166 | #31 of 56 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #1,574 of 1,638 | #62 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #1,063 of 1,600 | #14 of 61 |
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
166
+14 (+9%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 188
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 166 | 15 | 11.1:1 | 46% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 16 | 10.1:1 | 47% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 157 | 16 | 9.8:1 | 48% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 11 | 13.8:1 | 45% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 139 | 9.5 | 14.6:1 | 42% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 123 | 7 | 17.6:1 | 34% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 162 | 11 | 14.7:1 | 28% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 188 | 13 | 14.5:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring City Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (139 to 166); teachers up 58% (9.5 to 15).
About Spring City Elementary School
In Spring City, Pennsylvania, part of Chester County, Spring City Elementary School is an elementary school. Total enrollment is 166 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 4. It has 63% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Spring City Elementary School is among 11 schools run by Spring-Ford Area SD, which serves 8,046 students.
At Spring City Elementary School, 55% of students are White. After that, the student body is 17% Asian, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 6% Black. Census figures show Chester County is about 77% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
There are 15 full-time-equivalent teachers at Spring City Elementary School, giving a ratio of 11.1:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. A total of 76 students, or 46%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in Chester County.
On the allk12 Grade, Spring City Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 87% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.0% for Spring City Elementary School. The school posts 72.8%, 14.9 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Chester County, median household income comes to about $127,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 111, with about 83,468 students.
Measured in a straight line, Royersford Elementary School is about 1.2 miles from Spring City Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 66.7% proficiency; Spring City Elementary School posts 72.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 152 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 166 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.1:1, from 13.8:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Spring-Ford Area SD
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 CenterHigh · 2,629 students
- Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6thMiddle · 1,307 students
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 672 students
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade CenterMiddle · 666 students
- Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
Other schools in Spring City
- East Vincent Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
Other Spring City Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Spring City Elementary. Spring City Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Spring City ElementarySpring City, TN · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Royersford Elementary School1.2 mi · 398
- Spring-Ford MS 8th Grade Center1.4 mi · 672
- Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center1.8 mi · 2,629
- Brooke Elementary School1.8 mi · 379
- Spring-Ford Intrmd School 5th/6th2.2 mi · 1,307
- Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Center2.2 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Spring City Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Spring City Elementary School?
Spring City Elementary School enrolls approximately 166 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Spring City Elementary School serve?
Spring City Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spring City Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spring City Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring City Elementary School?
At Spring City Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 17% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Spring City Elementary School public or private?
Spring City Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spring-Ford Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.