Skip to content
American Factbook
Menu

Downingtown Area SD

A public school district in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, with 16 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

13,074
Students enrolled
969.6
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,838.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$17,304
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 13,074 in 2024–25
Ranks 640th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 8th of 777 in Pennsylvania. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $17,304 in fiscal year 2023
More than 61% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Downingtown Area SD spent $17,304 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,592 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Downingtown Area SD spent $17,304 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,592 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$17,304$228.5 million13,204
FY2022$16,432$214.6 million13,059
FY2021$15,394$198.7 million12,909
FY2020$14,384$188.1 million13,079
FY2019$14,410$186.4 million12,938
FY2018$13,871$177.5 million12,794
FY2017$13,697$173.4 million12,656
FY2016$13,756$169.1 million12,289
FY2015$13,166$158.9 million12,070
FY2014$12,304$148.0 million12,028
FY2013$12,661$150.9 million11,915
FY2012$11,438$134.7 million11,779
FY2011$11,650$137.6 million11,813
FY2010$11,282$133.4 million11,823
FY2009$10,880$128.7 million11,827
FY2008$10,420$122.0 million11,707
FY2007$10,042$118.0 million11,751
FY2006$9,544$108.3 million11,348
FY2005$9,592$105.6 million11,009

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Downingtown Area SD by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$5.4 million2.0%
State$60.0 million21.6%
Local$211.7 million76.4%
Total$277.1 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

16 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Downingtown Area SD
SchoolStudents
Beaver Creek El School531
Bradford Hgts El School534
Brandywine-Wallace El School488
Downingtown High School East Campus1,708
Downingtown High School West Campus1,796
Downingtown MS1,074
Downingtown STEM Academy962
East Ward El School549
Lionville El School668
Lionville MS1,045
Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center1,066
Pickering Valley El School423
Shamona Creek El School488
Springton Manor El School555
Uwchlan Hills El School537
West Bradford El School623

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
4207710

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved