NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Downingtown, PA

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13 public K-12 schools in Downingtown from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
9,391
Students
50.2/100
Avg Resource Index
13.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Downingtown has more public-school enrollment than 79% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Downingtown lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Downingtown's 13 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 27-point gap between Chester Co Technical College Hs-Brandywi and East Ward El Sch shows the range hidden by Downingtown's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 21%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
87th percentile
Teacher staffing
74th percentile

Downingtown Hs West Campus accounts for 19.1% of all Downingtown public-school enrollment

That concentration means Downingtown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Downingtown school enrollment varies 24× across entities

Downingtown school enrollment ranges from 75 students (lowest) to 1,796 students (highest), a spread of 1,721 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Downingtown student-teacher ratio is 13.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Chester Co Technical College Hs-Brandywi 71
2. Downingtown Stem Academy 58
3. Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center 52
4. Downingtown Ms 50
5. Downingtown Hs West Campus 49
6. West Bradford El Sch 49
7. Uwchlan Hills El Sch 49
8. Shamona Creek El Sch 48
9. Bradford Hgts El Sch 46
10. Brandywine-Wallace El Sch 46
11. Lionville El Sch 45
12. Beaver Creek El Sch 45
13. East Ward El Sch 44

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Downingtown

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 East Ward El Sch 64.5/100
  2. 2 Downingtown Stem Academy 57.1/100
  3. 3 Uwchlan Hills El Sch 56.5/100
  4. 4 Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center 54.1/100
  5. 5 Shamona Creek El Sch 54.0/100

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Which Downingtown school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Chester Co Technical College Hs-Brandywi has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Downingtown schools in this federal-data comparison at 71/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Downingtown, PA? ▼

Downingtown has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,391 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.