NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Kennett Square, PA

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

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7
Schools
4,924
Students
52/100
Avg Resource Index
13.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kennett Square has more public-school enrollment than 54% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kennett Square 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

4 of Kennett Square's 7 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 1 middle and 2 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 23-point gap between Charles F Patton Ms and Greenwood El Sch shows the range hidden by Kennett Square'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 46%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
91st percentile
Teacher staffing
74th percentile

Unionville Hs accounts for 25.6% of all Kennett Square public-school enrollment

That concentration means Kennett Square-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

Kennett Square school enrollment varies 4.2× across entities

Kennett Square school enrollment ranges from 304 students (lowest) to 1,263 students (highest), a spread of 959 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Kennett Square 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. Charles F Patton Ms 64
2. Unionville Hs 63
3. Unionville El Sch 58
4. Bancroft El Sch 50
5. Kennett Hs 47
6. Greenwood El Sch 41
7. Mary D Lang Kdg Ctr 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kennett Square

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 Greenwood El Sch 57.8/100
  2. 2 Kennett Hs 57.0/100
  3. 3 Mary D Lang Kdg Ctr 55.1/100
  4. 4 Bancroft El Sch 52.5/100
  5. 5 Unionville Hs 44.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Kennett Square?

Which Kennett Square school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Charles F Patton Ms has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kennett Square schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kennett Square, PA? ▼

Kennett Square has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,924 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.