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Springton Manor El Sch
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Springton Manor El Sch
Set in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, Springton Manor El Sch is an average-sized elementary school, run under Downingtown Area SD. It teaches 555 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 443.
Downingtown Area SD comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 13,047 students; Springton Manor El Sch is among them.
Demographically, Springton Manor El Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Springton Manor El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Chester County's rate of about 38%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Springton Manor El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.4%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Chester County) reports that median household earnings sit near $127,208, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Chester County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), Springton Manor El Sch is one campus in the mix.
Brandywine-Wallace El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Springton Manor El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 71.3%.
Springton Manor El Sch operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. Springton Manor El Sch's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 555). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 83%.
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