Regular local school district · Chester County
Downingtown Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Downingtown Area SD runs 16 public schools with 13,074 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 13.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 13,074
- Teachers (FTE)
- 969
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 540 Trestle Place, Downingtown, PA 19335
- Phone
- (610)269-8460
- County
- Chester County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4207710
- State district ID
- PA-124152003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,838
- School counselors (FTE)
- 38.0About 344 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 30.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.5
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,909), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $242.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.0 million
- State revenue
- $54.1 million
- Local revenue
- $180.1 million
- Total spending
- $242.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,811
- Salaries
- $105.8 million43.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $89.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.3%
- State: 22.3%
- Local: 74.4%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,811
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Downingtown Area SD
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beaver Creek El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 531 | 13.6 |
| Bradford Hgts El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 534 | 12.7 |
| Brandywine-Wallace El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 488 | 14.8 |
| Downingtown High School East Campus | High | 9 to 12 | 1,708 | 13.2 |
| Downingtown High School West Campus | High | 9 to 12 | 1,796 | 13.1 |
| Downingtown Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,074 | 12.9 |
| Downingtown STEM Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 962 | 14.4 |
| East Ward El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 549 | 14.1 |
| Lionville El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 668 | 15.5 |
| Lionville Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,045 | 13.9 |
| Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center | Middle | 6 | 1,066 | 13.5 |
| Pickering Valley El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 423 | 12.1 |
| Shamona Creek El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 488 | 13.6 |
| Springton Manor El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 555 | 14.2 |
| Uwchlan Hills El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 537 | 15.3 |
| West Bradford El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 623 | 15.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Chester County
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- Coatesville Area SD 5,253 students
- Avon Grove SD 4,896 students
- Great Valley SD 4,846 students
- Phoenixville Area SD 3,983 students
- Kennett Consolidated SD 3,831 students
- Unionville-Chadds Ford SD 3,665 students
- Insight PA Cyber CS 3,385 students
- Oxford Area SD 3,129 students
- Pennsylvania Leadership CS 2,882 students
- Collegium CS 2,640 students
- Octorara Area SD 1,968 students
- Avon Grove CS 1,904 students
More in Pennsylvania
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.