Downingtown Area School District

Downingtown Area School District
Downingtown Delivers
Location
540 Trestle Place, Downingtown, PA 19335 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Lawrence Mussoline
Schools	16
Budget	$201,335,000^[1]
Students and staff
Students	About 12,000
Colors	Blue and gold
Other information
Website	www.dasd.org

Map of Chester County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Downingtown Area School District is in green in the central part of the county.

The Downingtown Area School District is a school district based in Downingtown, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The district operates ten Elementary Schools, three Middle Schools and three High Schools. As of 2013, the district educates approximately 12,000 students, making it the largest school district in Chester County.

Geography

The district, located in central Chester County serves all of the following municipalities:

Events of significance

Newsweek Top High Schools in the US

Newsweek has named both DHS East and DHS West as two of the top high schools in America.^[2]

Philadelphia Magazine Top High Schools Pennsylvania

DHS East and DHS West have been named two of the top high schools in Pennsylvania.^[3]

Best SAT Scores in Pennsylvania

DHS East and DHS West students’ SAT scores place them in the top tier of the 619 high schools in Pennsylvania. DHS East ranks 26th (up one ranking from last year) and DHS West now ranks 33rd (up 23 places from 2011). Both high schools placed 4th and 5th among Chester County schools – coming behind 3rd place Unionville, 4th ranked Tredyffrin-Easttown and 8th ranked Great Valley.

International Baccalaureate World School

The International Baccalaureate Organization has named the Downingtown STEM Academy an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. The STEM Academy is the first IB World School in Chester County and will be the first high school in the nation to offer an IB program with STEM pathways.

Budget 2011–2012

The district released a statement saying that if the new Pennsylvania school budget is approved, then the district will lose $3,728,942 from state funding. The statement also discusses the $4,600,000 deficit already in place.

Schools within the Downingtown Area School District

Elementary schools

Beaver Creek Elementary - Downingtown
Bradford Heights Elementary School - West Bradford Twp.
Brandywine Wallace Elementary School - East Brandywine Twp.
East Ward Elementary School - Downingtown
Lionville Elementary School - Uwchlan Twp.
Pickering Valley Elementary School - Upper Uwchlan Twp.
Shamona Creek Elementary School - Uwchlan Twp.
Springton Manor Elementary School - Wallace Twp.
Uwchlan Hills Elementary School - Uwchlan Twp.
West Bradford Elementary School - West Bradford Twp.

Middle schools

Downingtown Middle School - Downingtown
Lionville Middle School - Uwchlan Twp.
Sixth Grade Center - Uwchlan Twp.

High schools

Downingtown High School - Downingtown High School is split into two campuses: Downingtown East (Uwchlan Twp.) and Downingtown West (Downingtown). While still legally considered to be one school, East and West are generally regarded as being separate entities.
Downingtown STEM Academy (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) - A magnet high school opened Fall 2011.
Downingtown Cyber Academy - A new online educational school for high school students, opening in August 2011.

Famous graduates

Dave Days, musician from YouTube
Sara Shepard, author of Pretty Little Liars
Pat Devlin, third-string quarterback for the Miami Dolphins

References

↑ "Budget".
↑ Newsweek, Newsweek. "America's Top Schools 2014". Newsweek. Newsweek. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
↑ Haas, Timothy. "The Top 100 Philadelphia-Area Public Schools 2012". PhillyMag. PhillyMag. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

External links

Chester County, Pennsylvania schools

Main school districts

Avon Grove	Avon Grove High School

Coatesville Area	Coatesville Area High School

Downingtown Area	Downingtown High School Downingtown STEM Academy

Great Valley	Great Valley High School

Kennett Consolidated	Kennett High School

Owen J. Roberts	Owen J. Roberts High School

Oxford Area	Oxford Area High School

Phoenixville Area	Phoenixville Area High School

Tredyffrin/Easttown	Conestoga High School

Other schools

Charter schools	Achievement House Charter School Avon Grove Charter School Collegium Charter School Pennsylvania Leadership Cyber Charter School Renaissance Academy Charter School 21st Century Cyber Charter School

Octorara Area (partially located in Lancaster County)	Octorara High School

Private schools	Center for Arts and Technology Church Farm School Devon Preparatory School Kimberton Waldorf School Malvern Preparatory School The Concept School Upattinas School and Resource Center Villa Maria Academy Westtown School

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia	Bishop Shanahan High School

Spring-Ford Area (partially located in Montgomery County)	Spring-Ford Senior High School

Twin Valley (partially located in Berks County)	Twin Valley High School

Unionville-Chadds Ford (partially located in Delaware County)	Unionville High School

West Chester Area (partially located in Delaware County)	West Chester East High School West Chester Henderson High School West Chester Rustin High School Fugett Middle School Peirce Middle School

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