Best Public Schools in Thorndale, PA

Summary:

The city of Thorndale, Pennsylvania has only one school in the data set - Caln Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 and is part of the Coatesville Area School District. This district is ranked 507 out of 610 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Caln Elementary School's academic performance, as measured by PSSA test scores, is consistently lower than the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, the school's proficiency rates in Math ranged from 22.4% to 39.4%, compared to the state average of 40.4% to 51.4%. In English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 20.3% to 31.8%, compared to the state average of 51.5% to 55.8%. The school's Science proficiency rates were higher, ranging from 53.9% to 53.9%, but still below the state average of 65.8% to 77.1%.

Despite the school's low academic performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.6 and higher per-student spending of $17,167 compared to the state average. Additionally, the school serves a high-poverty population, with 100% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. This suggests that the issue may not be a lack of resources, but rather how those resources are being utilized to support student learning and address the challenges faced by the school's economically disadvantaged student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSSA Math (2024)				PSSA Science (2024)		PSSA English Language Arts (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Caln Elementary School	Public	K-5	3609 Lincoln Hwy	Thorndale	19372	Chester County	Coatesville Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 383-3760	453	34	13.1	100.0%	149 (32.9%)	133 (29.4%)	128 (28.3%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.4%)	17.3	1255^th of 1526 public elementary schools	17.8%		19.6	1232^nd of 1534 public elementary schools	19.7%	23	39.4	23.1	22.4	28.6	53.9	53.9	31.8	20.3	29.9	27.3	$17,167	$1,381	$15,787

Cities Near Thorndale

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Downingtown	1.69 mi	13	39^th
Coatesville	2.03 mi	7	689^th
East Fallowfield Township	4.1 mi	1	698^th
Exton	5.56 mi	6	596^th
West Chester	6.11 mi	19	139^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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