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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONVILLE-CHADDS FORD SD·NCES 422421001442

Unionville Elementary School

1775 W Doe Run Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 · (610) 347-1700 · Chester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% 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

Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
59 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5013%
Grade 16317%
Grade 25816%
Grade 36618%
Grade 46116%
Grade 57420%

This year's kindergarten class (50) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).

Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
29880%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
318%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
246%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
164%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
19352%
Female
17948%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Unionville Elementary School→Charles F Patton Middle School→Unionville High School
Based on grade levels within Unionville-Chadds Ford SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
72.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.4pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 down about 2 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2572.1%68.5%
2023-2478.3%70.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Unionville Elementary School

Unionville Elementary School's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Unionville Elementary School this school37215.9%75.1%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Bethel Park
33819.5%78.4%
Wrightstown Elementary School
Wrightstown
39918.3%75.8%
Seylar Elementary School
Perkasie
38216.8%68.3%
Park Forest Elementary School
State College
41918.6%75.3%
South Hanover Elementary School
Hershey
37119.4%79.7%
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 Unionville Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Chester County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
75.1%#200 of 1,396#21 of 54
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
68.5%#304 of 1,511
▼ 77
#30 of 56
▼ 10
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
72.1%#179 of 1,511
▼ 27
#19 of 56
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
372#996 of 1,638#53 of 62
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.7:1#349 of 1,528#16 of 60
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
34.5%#896 of 1,531#54 of 60
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
15.9%#1,495 of 1,600#43 of 61
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-1.6%#983 of 1,045#36 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 2024-25
Enrollment
372
+60 (+19%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2537231.811.7:116% (59)
2023-243763311.4:116% (59)
2022-2334631.810.9:17% (24)
2020-213122811.1:118% (55)
2017-1837830.812.3:118% (67)
2015-163803211.9:112% (44)
2010-114223113.6:11% (6)
2000-015603217.5:12% (12)
1990-914633015.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Unionville Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 2% (378 to 372); teachers up 3% (30.8 to 31.8).

About Unionville Elementary School

Unionville Elementary School is an elementary school in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 372 students.

Unionville-Chadds Ford SD enrolls 3,665 students, and its 6 schools include Unionville Elementary School.

At Unionville Elementary School, 80% of students are White. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Chester County at about 77% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Unionville Elementary School is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. The school has 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 1.4 students per teacher. In all, 16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 22 points below the 38% average for public schools in Chester County.

Unionville Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Unionville Elementary School would score about 70.8%. It scores 75.1%, 4.3 points above that figure.

Census data for Chester County show median household income comes to about $127,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 111 public schools in the county, enrolling about 83,468, Unionville Elementary School among them.

Charles F Patton Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Unionville Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 6. The nearest schools with test data average 69.9%, lower than Unionville Elementary School's 75.1%.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 19%, from 312 to 372.

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Chester County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Unionville Elementary School
District
Unionville-Chadds Ford SD
Address
1775 W Doe Run Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348
Phone
(610) 347-1700
County
Chester County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
372
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
11.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
59 (16%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
422421001442
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Unionville-Chadds Ford SD
Other schools in Kennett Square
Other Unionville Elementary schools

3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Unionville Elementary. Unionville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.

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Frequently asked questions

About Unionville Elementary School
How large is Unionville Elementary School?
Unionville Elementary School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Unionville Elementary School serve?
Unionville Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Unionville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Unionville Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Unionville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Unionville Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Unionville Elementary School public or private?
Unionville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Unionville-Chadds Ford SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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