West Chester Area SD
Public school district based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. NCES district ID 4225290; state ID PA-124159002.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
17
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
11,987
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
949.8
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
12.6
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 851 | |
| Grade 1 | 888 | |
| Grade 2 | 893 | |
| Grade 3 | 892 | |
| Grade 4 | 928 | |
| Grade 5 | 938 | |
| Grade 6 | 949 | |
| Grade 7 | 915 | |
| Grade 8 | 914 | |
| Grade 9 | 863 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,002 | |
| Grade 11 | 984 | |
| Grade 12 | 970 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 9.2% | |
| Black or African American | 4.8% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.8% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 5.4% | |
| White | 70.9% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.8% | |
| Male | 51.2% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 17.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Chester Henderson HS West Chester | 9–12 | Regular | 1,444 | 109.9 | 13.1 | Suburb: Large |
| West Chester East HS West Chester | 9–12 | Regular | 1,216 | 93.6 | 13 | Suburb: Large |
| West Chester Bayard Rustin HS West Chester | 9–12 | Regular | 1,159 | 91.3 | 12.7 | Suburb: Large |
| E N Peirce MS West Chester | 6–8 | Regular | 1,040 | 88.4 | 11.8 | Suburb: Large |
| J R Fugett MS West Chester | 6–8 | Regular | 930 | 75.5 | 12.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Stetson MS West Chester | 6–8 | Regular | 808 | 65.6 | 12.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Sarah W Starkweather El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 576 | 44.5 | 12.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Hillsdale El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 537 | 41.5 | 12.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Exton El Sch Exton | K–5 | Regular | 533 | 43.5 | 12.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Westtown-Thornbury El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 529 | 37.0 | 14.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Greystone El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 511 | 40.8 | 12.5 | Suburb: Large |
| East Goshen El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 510 | 40.3 | 12.7 | Suburb: Large |
| East Bradford El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 455 | 37.9 | 12 | Suburb: Large |
| Glen Acres El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 451 | 35.8 | 12.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Mary C Howse El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 442 | 33.0 | 13.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Penn Wood El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 438 | 31.8 | 13.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Fern Hill El Sch West Chester | K–5 | Regular | 408 | 39.5 | 10.3 | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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