West Chester Henderson High School
400 Montgomery Ave West Chester PA, 19380, Chester County Phone: 484-266-3300 Ranking: (45 out of 626, top 7%)* Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: West Chester Area School District Title I Eligible School: No Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 83 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 89 | 91 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,275 | 1,244 | 1,259 | 1,282 | 1,250 | 1,249 | 1,297 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 325 | 25.5% | 321 | 25.8% | 280 | 22.2% | 349 | 27.2% | 299 | 23.9% | 323 | 25.9% | 325 | 25.1% |
Grade 10: | 324 | 25.4% | 272 | 21.9% | 351 | 27.9% | 300 | 23.4% | 333 | 26.6% | 320 | 25.6% | 324 | 25.0% |
Grade 11: | 274 | 21.5% | 348 | 28.0% | 295 | 23.4% | 319 | 24.9% | 310 | 24.8% | 314 | 25.1% | 308 | 23.7% |
Grade 12: | 352 | 27.6% | 303 | 24.4% | 333 | 26.4% | 314 | 24.5% | 308 | 24.6% | 292 | 23.4% | 340 | 26.2% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 662 | 51.9% | 642 | 51.6% | 670 | 53.2% | 651 | 50.8% | 659 | 52.7% | 673 | 53.9% | 715 | 55.1% |
Female: | 613 | 48.1% | 602 | 48.4% | 589 | 46.8% | 631 | 49.2% | 583 | 46.6% | 568 | 45.5% | 578 | 44.6% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 66 | 5.2% | 56 | 4.5% | 52 | 4.1% | 58 | 4.5% | 54 | 4.3% | 52 | 4.2% | 50 | 3.9% |
Hispanic: | 52 | 4.1% | 52 | 4.2% | 55 | 4.4% | 60 | 4.7% | 49 | 3.9% | 46 | 3.7% | 44 | 3.4% |
Black: | 81 | 6.4% | 77 | 6.2% | 84 | 6.7% | 100 | 7.8% | 104 | 8.3% | 94 | 7.5% | 113 | 8.7% |
White: | 1,074 | 84.2% | 1,056 | 84.9% | 1,064 | 84.5% | 1,060 | 82.7% | 1,040 | 83.2% | 1,053 | 84.3% | 1,089 | 84.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 107 | 8.4% | 82 | 6.6% | 77 | 6.1% | 70 | 5.5% | 54 | 4.3% | 59 | 4.7% | 73 | 5.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 22 | 1.7% | 27 | 2.2% | 24 | 1.9% | 16 | 1.2% | 24 | 1.9% | 33 | 2.6% | 27 | 2.1% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.42 | 14.65 | 14.51 | 14.60 | 14.43 | 14.00 | 14.20 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PSSA | ||||||
2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 71.8% | 49.1% |
2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 72.4% | 49.1% |
2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 70.1% | 50.9% |
2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 70.2% | 52% |
2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 73.8% | 53.7% |
2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 70.7% | 55.9% |
2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 69.9% | 55.6% |
2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 71.7% | 59.6% |
2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 76.5% | 60.3% |
2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 73.7% | 60% |
2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 78.7% | 59.2% |
2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 81.8% | 60.8% |
2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 83.3% | 65% |
2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 82.3% | 65.1% |
2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 81.5% | 65.4% |
2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 77.7% | 64.7% |
2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 78.6% | 65.2% |
2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 79.2% | 67.2% |
2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 84.2% | 69.1% |
2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 82.6% | 67.8% |
2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 50.5% | 35.7% |
2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 51.5% | 39.7% |
2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 54.8% | 39.8% |
2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 58.6% | 40.8% |
2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 59% | 56.9% | 41.8% |
2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 83.3% | 69% |
2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 95.1% | 85.6% |
2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 94.1% | 87.9% |
2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 89.2% | 85.8% |
2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 87.1% | 82.7% |
2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 83.7% | 80.7% |
2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 92.5% | 84.7% |
2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 91.6% | 82.9% |
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* West Chester Henderson High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.