Spring City El Sch

Spring City El Sch is a minimally staffed primary school in Spring City, Pennsylvania, overseen by Spring-Ford Area SD. The school instructs 166 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 63% below typical.

Spring-Ford Area SD comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 8,046 students; Spring City El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Spring City El Sch records that 55% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 17% Asian, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Spring City El Sch reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Spring City El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Spring City El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Chester County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, Spring City El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Chester County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which Spring City El Sch is one.

Royersford El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spring City El Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.7%.

Spring City El Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring City El Sch has grew 19%, going from 139 students in 2018 to 166 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 1% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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