Downingtown Area School District

Summary:

The Downingtown Area School District is a high-performing school district in Pennsylvania, with 16 schools serving students from elementary through high school. The district is ranked 25th out of 610 school districts in the state and is rated 5 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating exceptional educational quality.

Several schools within the district stand out as particularly high-performing, including Downingtown STEM Academy, which is ranked 3rd out of 686 high schools in Pennsylvania and has exceptional test scores. Other top-performing elementary schools in the district include Pickering Valley Elementary School, Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School, and Uwchlan Hills Elementary School, all of which rank among the best in the state.

The district's high-performing schools are supported by strong metrics, including a 4-year graduation rate of 87.5%, low dropout rates, and impressive proficiency rates on state assessments that exceed the state averages. The district's investment in its schools is evident in the relatively high spending per student and low student-teacher ratios, which may contribute to the strong academic outcomes across the district.

District Detail

540 Trestle Place
Downingtown, PA 19335-2643

(610) 269-8460

SchoolDigger Rank:
25^th of 610 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 13,218

Primary Schools: 10
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 3
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2024)	Keystone Exams Biology (2024)	Keystone Exams Literature (2024)	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	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science 8th 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 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lionville Middle School	Public	7-8	550 W Uwchlan Ave	Exton	19341	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 524-6300	1,037	78	13.3	13.8%	578 (55.7%)	32 (3.1%)	67 (6.5%)	302 (29.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (5.5%)	88.5	75^th of 891 public middle schools	91.6%		89.4	67^th of 893 public middle schools	92.5%	8								54.1	49.7	51.9		73.5	73.5					71.4	68.9	70.2	$16,504	$214	$16,290
Downingtown Middle School	Public	7-8	115 Rock Raymond Rd	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 518-0685	1,094	82	13.2	15.6%	809 (73.9%)	32 (2.9%)	63 (5.8%)	136 (12.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (4.7%)	89.2	71^st of 891 public middle schools	92.0%		81.9	131^st of 893 public middle schools	85.3%	60								49.0	48.7	48.9		77.3	77.3					72.4	73.9	73.1	$15,813	$214	$15,600
Downingtown High School East Campus	Public	9-12	50 Devon Drive	Exton	19341	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 363-6400	1,768	132	13.3	19.6%	1,171 (66.2%)	51 (2.9%)	139 (7.9%)	319 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	87 (4.9%)	87.8	56^th of 686 public high schools	91.8%		82.9	92^nd of 674 public high schools	86.4%	36	72.9	72.3	76.9																		$18,259	$214	$18,046
Downingtown High School West Campus	Public	9-12	445 Manor Ave	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 269-4400	1,808	137	13.2	18.8%	1,465 (81.0%)	64 (3.5%)	115 (6.4%)	104 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	58 (3.2%)	86.1	70^th of 686 public high schools	89.8%		81.4	102^nd of 674 public high schools	84.9%	32	62.9	68.4	81.6																		$17,030	$214	$16,816
Beaver Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	601 W Pennsylvania Ave	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 269-2790	503	37	13.5	17.9%	370 (73.6%)	12 (2.4%)	36 (7.2%)	63 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.4%)	85.1	190^th of 1526 public elementary schools	87.5%		81.9	246^th of 1534 public elementary schools	84.0%	56				77.4	66.7	65.7				70.1	92.0		92.0	76.2	78.2	74.0				76.3	$14,764	$435	$14,329
Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School	Public	K-5	435 Dilworth Rd	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 269-2083	475	32	15.0	11.4%	328 (69.1%)	5 (1.1%)	21 (4.4%)	93 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	26 (5.5%)	92.3	35^th of 1526 public elementary schools	97.7%		92.2	53^rd of 1534 public elementary schools	96.5%	18				73.9	90.3	88.9				83.8	98.6		98.6	78.1	90.5	86.6				84.8	$15,213	$293	$14,920
Pickering Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	121 Byers Rd	Chester Springs	19425	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 458-5324	457	36	12.7	8.3%	149 (32.6%)	7 (1.5%)	18 (3.9%)	265 (58.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.1%)	92.7	29^th of 1526 public elementary schools	98.1%		93.1	35^th of 1534 public elementary schools	97.7%	6				79.3	85.7	79.1				81.2	98.5		98.5	77.6	85.9	86.9				84.1	$16,262	$293	$15,969
East Ward Elementary School	Public	K-5	435 Washington Ave	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 269-8282	557	37	15.1	30.0%	310 (55.7%)	27 (4.8%)	51 (9.2%)	119 (21.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (9.0%)	84.2	205^th of 1526 public elementary schools	86.6%		84.6	203^rd of 1534 public elementary schools	86.8%	2				70.3	72.8	68.2				70.5	93.5		93.5	70.2	77.2	73.0				73.4	$15,247	$483	$14,764
Lionville Elementary School	Public	K-5	526 W Uwchlan Ave	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 363-6580	670	42	15.9	17.9%	471 (70.3%)	9 (1.3%)	59 (8.8%)	95 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.4%)	92.2	36^th of 1526 public elementary schools	97.6%		85.1	189^th of 1534 public elementary schools	87.7%	153				86.9	83.3	82.9				84.3	96.5		96.5	81.8	80.1	81.5				81.2	$15,080	$367	$14,714
West Bradford Elementary School	Public	K-5	1475 Broadrun Rd	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 384-9030	624	38	16.3	11.2%	450 (72.1%)	11 (1.8%)	23 (3.7%)	109 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.6%)	92.3	34^th of 1526 public elementary schools	97.8%		92.4	47^th of 1534 public elementary schools	96.9%	13				80.4	83.5	76.4				80.0	95.1		95.1	89.5	85.5	82.5				85.5	$14,043	$293	$13,750
Uwchlan Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	50 Peck Rd	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 269-5656	531	35	15.0	10.4%	334 (62.9%)	6 (1.1%)	33 (6.2%)	132 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.9%)	91.8	46^th of 1526 public elementary schools	97.0%		88.6	123^rd of 1534 public elementary schools	92.0%	77				87.6	84.9	71.4				81.1	94.2		94.2	83.5	87.2	79.6				83.3	$15,225	$293	$14,932
Downingtown STEM Academy	Public	9-12	335 Manor Ave	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 269-8460	962	68	14.1	5.7%	485 (50.4%)	20 (2.1%)	17 (1.8%)	399 (41.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (4.2%)	99	3^rd of 686 public high schools	99.6%		98.8	1^st of 674 public high schools	99.9%	2	98.9	99.6	100.0																		$17,679	$214	$17,465
Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center	Public	6	489 Dorlan Mill Road	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 269-8460	1,036	77	13.3	15.6%	649 (62.6%)	28 (2.7%)	64 (6.2%)	237 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (5.5%)								(n/a)							57.9			57.9							67.5			67.5	$15,895	$293	$15,602
Shamona Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 Dorlan Mill Rd	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 458-8703	515	36	14.2	8.2%	317 (61.6%)	5 (1.0%)	16 (3.1%)	152 (29.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	90.3	87^th of 1526 public elementary schools	94.3%		91.9	61^st of 1534 public elementary schools	96.0%	26				81.7	75.0	90.7				82.5	94.1		94.1	73.2	81.5	89.7				81.6	$14,861	$293	$14,568
Bradford Heights Elementary School	Public	K-5	1330 Romig Rd	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 269-6021	567	41	13.9	22.8%	420 (74.1%)	23 (4.1%)	62 (10.9%)	27 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.2%)	82	245^th of 1526 public elementary schools	83.9%		76.4	345^th of 1534 public elementary schools	77.5%	100				70.7	75.0	65.2				69.8	86.9		86.9	80.9	61.9	71.3				71.6	$15,609	$402	$15,207
Springton Manor Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Fairview Road	Glenmoore	19343	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 942-8950	614	38	16.0	10.7%	507 (82.6%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (4.1%)	48 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.0%)	85.7	179^th of 1526 public elementary schools	88.3%		86.7	164^th of 1534 public elementary schools	89.3%	15				71.9	60.2	76.2				70.3	92.5		92.5	77.9	71.0	86.5				79.2	$13,640	$293	$13,347

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Insight PA Cyber Charter School	0.81 mi	1
Achievement House Charter School	0.97 mi	1	590^th
Collegium Charter School	1.94 mi	1
West Chester Area School District	2.68 mi	17	60^th
Chester County Technical College High School	3.12 mi	3

Downingtown Area School District

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