Avon Grove School District

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This school district serves the following county or counties: Chester

District Profile

375 S Jennersville Rd

West Grove, PA 19390-9409

Phone 610-869-2441

Fax 610-869-8651

Includes the municipalities of Avondale Borough, Franklin Township, London Britain Township, London Grove Township, New London Township, Penn Township, West Grove Borough.

Square Miles

62.70

Students Enrolled

4,938

Total Number of Schools:

4
  • Avon Grove HS (9-12)
  • Avon Grove Intrmd Sch (3-6)
  • Fred S Engle MS (7-8)
  • Penn London El Sch (K-2)

School district: light blue; Administrative office: medium blue circle; County(ies) served: green dashes.

Total Students

4,938

Ethnicity

American Indian
<0.01%
Asian
2.20%
Black
1.40%
Latino
23.70%
Pacific Islander
<0.01%
2 or More Races
3.00%
White
69.60%

Gender

Male
53.50%
Female
46.50%

Other Statistics

Special Education
12.44%
English Learner
8.00%

Financials

Median Household Income

$93,203.00

Revenue Sources

Type of Revenue Income Percent of Budget
Local Revenues $56,801,706.41 63.56%
State Revenues $31,384,468.52 35.12%
Federal $971,828.04 1.08%
Other $198,960.50 0.22%

Other Tax Stats

Property Taxes Collected by District
$52,491,452.77
Property Values Within District
$332,200.00
Median Home Value

Academic Outcomes

Graduation Rate

94.00%

Rigorous Courses

24
E.g. IB AP

Post-Secondary Plans

86.04%
College/University
2.52%
Other Specialized Learning

PSSA Stats

% of Advanced or Proficient

Grade Level English Language Arts Math Science
Grade 3 68.30% 64.84% N/A
Grade 4 79.51% 65.30% 87.12%
Grade 5 75.00% 69.54% N/A
Grade 6 67.78% 56.19% N/A
Grade 7 75.19% 61.52% N/A
Grade 8 77.10% 58.82% 72.56%

Keystone Results

% of Advanced or Proficient

Grade Level Literature Algebra I Biology
Grade 11 79.58% 74.48% 83.37%

Staff

286

Teachers

17

Administrators

37

Support

Student /Teacher Ratio

17:1

School District Leadership

Superintendent of Schools: Dr. Christopher Marchese

School Board Directors *

Name Total Years of Service Current Term
School Director Training Certificate
PSBA Provided
Certificate of Board Governance
Continuing Education Badges Earned
Bill Wood
Board President
4
Jeffrey Billig
Board Vice President
5 2019-2023
John Auerbach
3 2017-2021
Richard Dumont
3 2017-2021
Herman Engel
10 2019-2023
Dorothy Linn
1 2019-2023
Tracy Lisi
5 2019-2023

Advanced School Director Training (RQD-ADV)

Lynn Weber
3 2017-2021
Bonnie Wolff
17 2019-2023

* In accordance with Act 55 of 2017 and Act 18 of 2019, school board directors are required to complete approved training starting in the 2018-2019 school year. School board directors who began their term in 2017 are permitted to take this training, but it is not required. School board directors who began their term after July 1, 2018 are required to complete an initial 5 hours of new school director training and at the beginning of each subsequent election, 3 hours of advanced school director training. School board director data will be updated as it is made available. Data updates occur regularly and ongoing.