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West Vincent El Sch
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About West Vincent El Sch
West Vincent El Sch, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, operated by Owen J Roberts SD, instructs 530 students, covering grades K through 6.
West Vincent El Sch is one of 7 schools operated by Owen J Roberts SD, a district that educates 5,300 students overall.
On demographics, West Vincent El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 34% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.
On the resource side, West Vincent El Sch shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting West Vincent El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Chester County's rate of about 38%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Vincent El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.3%; this one delivers 82.9%.
In the area at large, Chester County reports that median household income runs about $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which West Vincent El Sch is one.
The closest other public school is Pickering Valley El Sch, roughly 2.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Vincent El Sch at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 72.1%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.
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