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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OWEN J ROBERTS SD·NCES 421827006812
West Vincent Elementary School
2750 Conestoga Road, Chester Springs, PA 19425 · (610) 469-5108 · Chester County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
11.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
53 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (67).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Based on grade levels within Owen J Roberts SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
86.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 86.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.7% | 83.1% |
% 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
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% 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 West Vincent Elementary School
West Vincent Elementary School's state test result (82.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Vincent Elementary School this school | 530 | 10.0% | 82.9% |
| Uwchlan Hills Elementary School Downingtown | 537 | 10.2% | 82.9% |
| Shamona Creek Elementary School Downingtown | 488 | 8.6% | 83.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Sewickley | 718 | 4.6% | 89.7% |
| Mary C Howse Elementary School West Chester | 442 | 7.9% | 76.8% |
| Mill Creek Elementary School Warrington | 729 | 8.4% | 77.5% |
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 West Vincent Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #69 of 1,396 | #11 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #38 of 1,511 ▲ 8 | #4 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #88 of 1,511 ▲ 54 | #11 of 56 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #444 of 1,638 | #20 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #400 of 1,528 | #19 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #446 of 1,531 | #24 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #1,567 of 1,600 | #52 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #820 of 1,045 | #30 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
530
-51 (-9%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 530 | 44.7 | 11.9:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 43.4 | 12.8:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 43.9 | 13.2:1 | 11% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 39.6 | 14.2:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 4% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Vincent Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (562 to 530); teachers up 13% (39.6 to 44.7).
About West Vincent Elementary School
West Vincent Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 530 students enrolled.
Federal data list 7 schools in Owen J Roberts SD, with 5,300 students enrolled.
White students account for 58% of enrollment at West Vincent Elementary School. Smaller groups are 34% Asian and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Chester County is roughly 77% White. West Vincent Elementary School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At West Vincent Elementary School, 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Roughly 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Chester County is 28 points.
The allk12 Grade for West Vincent Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for West Vincent Elementary School is +9.5 points: 82.9% actual, 73.3% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Chester County show that median household income is about $127,208, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 111 public schools in Chester County, with a combined enrollment of about 83,468.
The next-closest public school is Pickering Valley Elementary School, about 2.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of West Vincent Elementary School. On proficiency, West Vincent Elementary School is ahead of the 72.1% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 581 in 2020-21 and 530 in 2024-25, a decrease of 51 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2020-21 to 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for West Vincent Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Owen J Roberts SD
- Owen J Roberts High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Owen J Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- French Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- North Coventry Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- East Vincent Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- East Coventry Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Other schools in Chester Springs
- Pickering Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Pickering Valley Elementary School2.1 mi · 423
- French Creek Elementary School3.7 mi · 581
- Shamona Creek Elementary School3.7 mi · 488
- Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center3.9 mi · 1,066
- Insight PA Cyber CS3.9 mi · 3,385
- Achievement House CS4.4 mi · 927
Frequently asked questions
About West Vincent Elementary SchoolHow large is West Vincent Elementary School?
West Vincent Elementary School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-06.
Is West Vincent Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Vincent Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does West Vincent Elementary School have?
West Vincent Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Vincent Elementary School?
At West Vincent Elementary School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 34% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is West Vincent Elementary School in?
West Vincent Elementary School is part of Owen J Roberts SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.