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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Sugartown El Sch this year?
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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT VALLEY SD·NCES 421087001461
Sugartown Elementary School
611 Sugartown Rd, Malvern, PA 19355 · (610) 699-1500 · Chester County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
136 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 15% smaller than its 4th grade class (96).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Sugartown Elementary School→Great Valley 5/6 Center→Great Valley Middle School→Great Valley High School
Based on grade levels within Great Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 52.1% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Sugartown Elementary School
Sugartown Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugartown Elementary School this school | 449 | 30.3% | 61.4% |
| Fogelsville School Breinigsville | 480 | 32.9% | 78.8% |
| East Ward Elementary School Downingtown | 549 | 30.4% | 72.6% |
| Parkway Manor School Allentown | 569 | 28.5% | 80.1% |
| Veterans Memorial Elementary School Breinigsville | 451 | 37.5% | 76.9% |
| Walton Farm Elementary School Lansdale | 566 | 33.9% | 70.6% |
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 Sugartown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #551 of 1,396 | #43 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #474 of 1,511 ▲ 221 | #42 of 56 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #546 of 1,511 ▲ 11 | #45 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #690 of 1,638 | #36 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #559 of 1,528 | #25 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #208 of 1,531 | #6 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #1,324 of 1,600 | #25 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #749 of 1,045 | #26 of 40 |
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
449
-54 (-11%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 449 | 36.2 | 12.4:1 | 30% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 39.7 | 13.7:1 | 25% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 38.7 | 13.7:1 | 23% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 20% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 36.1 | 13.5:1 | 18% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 26 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sugartown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (487 to 449); teachers unchanged (36.1 to 36.2).
About Sugartown Elementary School
Sugartown Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 449 students.
Sugartown Elementary School is a school in Great Valley SD. The district has 7 schools and 4,822 students.
Sugartown Elementary School is 52% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 22% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Chester County's population at about 77%. Sugartown Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.4:1, with 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sugartown Elementary School is 30%.
The allk12 Grade for Sugartown Elementary School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sugartown Elementary School would score about 64.6%. It scores 61.4%, 3.3 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Chester County, the median household income is $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 111 public schools in Chester County, enrolling about 83,468 students in all.
General Wayne Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles away. Within five miles of Sugartown Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Sugartown Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Sugartown Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Sugartown Elementary School declined 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 503 to 449 students. The ratio was 14.8:1 in 2020-21 and 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Sugartown Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Great Valley SD
- Great Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,481 students
- Great Valley 5/6 CenterMiddle · 756 students
- Great Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- General Wayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Charlestown Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in Malvern
- Great Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,481 students
- Great Valley 5/6 CenterMiddle · 756 students
- Great Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- General Wayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Charlestown Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- General Wayne Elementary School1.6 mi · 542
- East Goshen Elementary School2.3 mi · 510
- Great Valley 5/6 Center2.6 mi · 756
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary School2.7 mi · 426
- Pennsylvania Leadership CS2.8 mi · 2,874
- 21st Century Cyber CS3.6 mi · 996
Frequently asked questions
About Sugartown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sugartown Elementary School?
Sugartown Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Sugartown Elementary School serve?
Sugartown Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Sugartown Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Sugartown Elementary School.
How diverse is Sugartown Elementary School?
Sugartown Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Sugartown Elementary School public or private?
Sugartown Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Great Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.