Best Public Schools in Toughkenamon, PA

Summary:

The city of Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania has only one school, New Garden Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. The school is part of the Kennett Consolidated School District, which is ranked 311 out of 610 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

New Garden Elementary School has consistently ranked in the top 50% of Pennsylvania elementary schools over the past three school years, with a 3-star performance rating from SchoolDigger. The school outperforms the Kennett Consolidated School District and the state of Pennsylvania in the percentage of students proficient or better in PSSA Math, PSSA Science, and PSSA English Language Arts across all grades, with its strongest performance in PSSA Science at 76.4% proficiency. The school's relatively high per-student spending of $17,160 and low student-teacher ratio of 12.4 to 1 suggest it has access to significant resources and a focus on small class sizes, which may contribute to its academic success.

While New Garden Elementary School appears to be a strong-performing school within its district and the state, the Kennett Consolidated School District as a whole faces some challenges, as indicated by its relatively low ranking and 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Further analysis of the district-level factors and the school's ability to serve a diverse student population would be necessary to fully understand the school's performance and identify areas for potential improvement.

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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
New Garden Elementary School	Public	1-5	265 New Garden Road	Toughkenamon	19374	Chester County	Kennett Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 268-6900	466	39	11.9	40.6%	260 (55.8%)	9 (1.9%)	171 (36.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.7%)	64.3	607^th of 1526 public elementary schools	60.2%		62.2	654^th of 1534 public elementary schools	57.4%	47	50.0	54.1	52.1	52.1	76.4	76.4	60.7	60.0	75.0	65.5	$17,160	$799	$16,361

Cities Near Toughkenamon

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kennett Square	0.9 mi	7	222^nd
West Grove	2.45 mi	6	238^th
Landenberg	2.86 mi	1	282^nd
Chadds Ford	6.77 mi	2	17^th
West Chester	8.32 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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