School Information
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GreatSchools Rating:
9
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Educational Climate:
Above Average
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Technology Measure:
Medium
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Type:
Public
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Grades:
6th Grade - 8th Grade
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District:
Downingtown Area School District
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Students/Teacher:
14
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Students/Grade:
450
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Number Students:
1350
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Number Teachers:
96
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Number Classrooms:
60
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Expense/Pupil:
$6,800.00 - 7,499.99
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Poverty Level:
0 - 5.9 PERCENT
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Number Computers:
250
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Number PCs:
250
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Number Macs:
0
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Principal:
Mr Nicholas Indeglio
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CHARTER SCHOOL
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GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
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ESL
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT
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BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
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ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
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YEAR ROUND CLASSES
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VOC-TECH
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ADULT EDUCATION
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NCLB SCHOOL
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BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
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COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
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AYP SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
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MAGNET SCHOOL
School Ratings & Reviews
School Ratings (11 ratings)
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2012-03-06
"I have had two students in this school. Overall, DMS is an excellent school providing you have a willing learner. Under that premise, you'll find dedicated teachers, excellent opportunity for advanced classes, consistently high testing results and a general attitude of support. I cannot speak to complaints by others voiced here, but my daughters IEP was handled extremely well and I never have had any issue with guidance, staff or teachers being anything but professional. If results matter to parents reading this, we have one student who is a graduate here who is heading off to a top ten liberal arts college and many many past classmates are matriculating to our nation's top colleges and universities. I, for one, thank DMS for making my students more prepared to succeed in the challenging world they will face."
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2011-12-15
"In three years I have had not a good experience with DMS, my daughter has an IEP for "specific learning disability" reading, comp and math... to get communication and support for her on a regular basis has been like pulling teeth. Meeting after meeting nothing gets better, last year I did take her out after a death in our family and home schooled her because there just was not enough support there.. and she has no behavioral issues or anything... She did amazing with home schooling moved up in testing and everything, but the socialization was just not there... so sadly this year I put her back in the school 8th grade and it is horrible again. It has taken since October for me to have a real response from the teacher that does her IEP to make changes. The principal is about bottom dollar all the way... no help there."
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2011-07-18
"I am new to the Downingtown area and am stuck with a decision! I read the great schools rating of 9/10 but I see parents only give it a 3/5. As I remember my math 90% is not the same as 60%. Can anyone help me reconcile why the difference? As my only intereaction has been with office staff in getting my children registered, I must agree, the district does not do a very good job on customer service (the receptionist that scheduled my registration for my kids was rude)."
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2011-07-08
"Both of my children attended this school. I feel teachers there always blame either the children or the district for thier lack of teaching. The guidance counslers have a negative atitude and are slow returning phone callls"
Parent Review |
Rating:
Posted 2011-05-22
"The District is so wonderful that it is disappointing to find DMS as a dark spot. The Guidance Staff are particularly concerning, and negative attention is the only kind given by the teachers to students. I find this very sad in the middle of a great district."