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Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center School

Serves grades 6 - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
489 Dorlan Mill Road
Downingtown, PA 19335
Phone
(610) 269-8460
District
Downingtown Area SD
County
CHESTER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1046
Classroom Teachers
78

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

8

(10 is best)

Better than 74.8% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
61%
46%
73%
55%
49%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 1,046 100.0%
Total 1046 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 70.7% 71.2% 64.5%
Black 3.0% 2.8% 15.4%
Hispanic 5.8% 6.2% 15.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 20.3% 19.7% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 13.1% 13.3% 53.0%
Free lunch eligible 12.6% 12.8% 51.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.5% 0.5% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 76,969 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 980.2 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.8% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.9% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.3% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 14.6% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 28,574 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 5.9% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.7% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 64.1% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 46.9% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.7% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.1% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.5% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.4% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.3% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 2.1% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,997 $132,000,000 54.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $921 $12,163,000 5.0%
Staff $570 $7,523,000 3.1%
General Administration $259 $3,423,000 1.4%
School Administration $742 $9,792,000 4.0%
Operation $1,164 $15,376,000 6.3%
Transportation $673 $8,890,000 3.7%
Other $520 $6,864,000 2.8%
Total Support $4,849 $64,031,000 26.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,544 $46,795,000 19.3%
Total Expenditures $18,390 $242,826,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,819 $18,319,893,000 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,093 $1,850,572,000 4.8%
Staff $669 $1,132,122,000 2.9%
General Administration $477 $808,056,000 2.1%
School Administration $816 $1,382,117,000 3.6%
Operation $1,589 $2,691,467,000 7.0%
Transportation $709 $1,201,390,000 3.1%
Other $722 $1,223,280,000 3.2%
Total Support $6,076 $10,289,004,000 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,887 $9,968,592,000 25.8%
Total Expenditures $22,782 $38,577,489,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%