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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNINGTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420771006843
Springton Manor Elementary School
400 Fairview Road, Glenmoore, PA 19343 · (610) 942-8950 · Chester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
66 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Springton Manor Elementary School→Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center
Based on grade levels within Downingtown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.7pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 73 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 are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 70.3% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Springton Manor Elementary School
Springton Manor Elementary School's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springton Manor Elementary School this school | 555 | 11.9% | 75.4% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Yardley | 557 | 11.1% | 81.7% |
| Swarthmore-Rutledge School Swarthmore | 560 | 11.1% | 85.8% |
| Fort Washington Elementary School Fort Washington | 518 | 11.0% | 89.3% |
| Springfield Literacy Center Springfield | 574 | 11.5% | N/A |
| Chatham Park Elementary School Havertown | 582 | 15.6% | 83.4% |
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 Springton Manor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #194 of 1,396 | #20 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #244 of 1,511 ▼ 6 | #26 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #171 of 1,511 ▼ 41 | #18 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #373 of 1,638 | #10 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,095 of 1,528 | #51 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #968 of 1,531 | #58 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #1,543 of 1,600 | #47 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #164 of 450 | #8 of 20 |
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
555
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 555 | 39.3 | 14.1:1 | 12% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 38.3 | 16.0:1 | 11% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 39.8 | 15.6:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 34.1 | 14.6:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 2% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springton Manor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (499 to 555); teachers up 15% (34.1 to 39.3).
About Springton Manor Elementary School
Springton Manor Elementary School, located in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 555 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 25% above the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Downingtown Area SD is the district for Springton Manor Elementary School. It has 16 schools and 13,047 students.
About 83% of the student body at Springton Manor Elementary School is White. Other reported shares: 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligible students account for 12% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Chester County is 38%.
allk12 grades Springton Manor Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 72.5% at Springton Manor Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Chester County show that the median household income is $127,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides Springton Manor Elementary School, Chester County has 110 other public schools.
Nearby, Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School is about 3.5 miles away. Within five miles of Springton Manor Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Springton Manor Elementary School places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Springton Manor Elementary School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment decrease, from 592 in 2020-21 to 555 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 15.2 in 2020-21 to 14.1 in 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 Downingtown Area SD
- Downingtown HS West CampusHigh · 1,796 students
- Downingtown HS East CampusHigh · 1,708 students
- Downingtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,074 students
- Marsh Creek Sixth Grade CenterMiddle · 1,066 students
- Lionville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,045 students
- Downingtown STEM AcademyHigh · 962 students
Nearby schools
- Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School3.5 mi · 488
- Shamona Creek Elementary School4.7 mi · 488
- Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center4.8 mi · 1,066
- Pickering Valley Elementary School5.1 mi · 423
- North Brandywine Middle School5.2 mi · 274
- West Vincent Elementary School5.3 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Springton Manor Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Springton Manor Elementary School?
Springton Manor Elementary School enrolls approximately 555 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Springton Manor Elementary School serve?
Springton Manor Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Springton Manor Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Springton Manor Elementary School.
How diverse is Springton Manor Elementary School?
Springton Manor Elementary School reports a student body of 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Springton Manor Elementary School in?
Springton Manor Elementary School is part of Downingtown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.