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West Chester Area School District

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West Chester Area School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. West Chester Area School District has 73.24 square miles of land area and 0.71 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Chester Area School District population is 110,007. West Chester Area School District median household income is $86,579 in 2010-2014. West Chester Area School District median house value is $368,400 in 2010-2014. On average, West Chester Area School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (56 out of 496, top 11%) Elementary/Middle School: (33 out of 498, top 7%)* Rank: #38
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	16
Population	110,007 (2010-2014), rank #6
Population Growth	2.46% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,487.57/sq mi, rank #98
Median Household Income:	$86,579 at 2010-2014—2.49% increase since 2005-2009, rank #27
Median House Price:	$368,400 at 2010-2014—-2.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #14
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	73.24 sq mi, rank #218
Water Area:	0.71 sq mi (0.97%), rank #200
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Delaware County, Chester County
City:	Thornton, West Chester, Glen Mills, Cheyney, Cheyney University, Downingtown, Exton, Malvern
Zip:	19373, 19382, 19342, 19319, 19380, 19335, 19341, 19383, 19355
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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West Chester Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

829 Paoli Pk

West Chester PA, 19380, Chester County

Phone: 484-266-1000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	11,659	11,682	11,827	11,825	11,800	11,654	11,835
English Language Learner Students:	378	360	364	337	381	424	387
Total Teachers:	816.75	824.28	823.62	838.47	823.82	843.60	895.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	21.00	21.00	21.00	24.00	23.50	21.50	22.50
Elementary:	347.34	351.00	349.38	356.77	356.55	364.40	398.10
Secondary:	411.86	411.71	416.68	423.27	428.05	436.90	437.20
Ungraded:	36.55	40.57	36.56	34.43	15.72	20.80	37.70
Total Other Staff:	509.00	565.82	564.88	599.03	649.48	652.50	657.30
Instructional Aides:	152.00	159.00	159.00	165.00	178.50	182.00	177.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	7.76	9.70	11.00	11.00	10.00	11.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	37.00	37.00	37.00	40.00	41.00	40.90	44.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	12.00	12.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	12.30	13.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	25.00	25.00	26.00	28.00	29.00	28.60	30.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	18.00
Library/Media Support:	6.00	10.00	10.00	16.00	16.00	15.00	16.00
District Administrators:	12.00	13.00	11.00	11.00	10.00	9.30	8.70
District Administrative Support:	34.00	28.00	28.00	33.00	33.00	32.00	31.50
School Administrators:	36.00	31.00	30.00	31.00	49.00	48.70	47.70
School Administrative Support:	55.00	48.00	48.00	52.00	55.00	56.00	54.50
Student Support Services:	NA	28.26	29.38	29.43	36.38	35.50	40.80
Other Support Services:	161.00	187.80	186.80	194.60	203.60	207.10	208.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.27	14.17	14.36	14.10	14.32	13.81	13.22

Schools

E N Peirce Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1314 Burke Rd, West Chester PA 19380
East Bradford Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	820 Frank Rd, West Chester PA 19380
East Goshen Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	800 North Chester Rd, West Chester PA 19380
Exton Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	301 South Hendricks Ave, Exton PA 19341
Fern Hill Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	915 Lincoln Ave, West Chester PA 19380
Glen Acres Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1150 Delancey Place, West Chester PA 19382
Hillsdale Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	725 West Market St, West Chester PA 19382
J R Fugett Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	500 Ellis Ln, West Chester PA 19380
Mary C Howse Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	641 West Boot Rd, West Chester PA 19380
Penn Wood Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1470 Johnny's Way, West Chester PA 19382
Sarah W Starkweather Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1050 Wilmington Pk, West Chester PA 19382
Stetson Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1060 Wilmington Pk, West Chester PA 19382
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1100 Shiloh Rd, West Chester PA 19382
West Chester East High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	450 Ellis Ln, West Chester PA 19380
West Chester Henderson High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	400 Montgomery Ave, West Chester PA 19380
Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	750 Westbourne Rd, West Chester PA 19382

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.3%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.6%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.1%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.5%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.1%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.6%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$203,785,000	$17,230		$203,479,000	$17,208		$200,127,000	$16,960
Federal:	$3,572,000	$302	1.8%	$6,325,000	$535	3.1%	$5,206,000	$441	2.6%
State:	$28,703,000	$2,427	14.1%	$28,335,000	$2,396	13.9%	$29,053,000	$2,462	14.5%
Local:	$171,510,000	$14,502	84.2%	$168,819,000	$14,276	83.0%	$165,868,000	$14,057	82.9%
Total Expenditures:	$186,158,000	$15,740		$186,541,000	$15,775		$189,762,000	$16,082
Total Current Expenditures:	$154,438,000	$13,058		$157,219,000	$13,295		$155,452,000	$13,174
Instructional Expenditures:	$97,523,000	$8,246	63.1%	$97,794,000	$8,270	62.2%	$96,018,000	$8,137	61.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$14,029,000	$1,186	9.1%	$14,712,000	$1,244	9.4%	$13,953,000	$1,182	9.0%
Administration:	$12,912,000	$1,092	8.4%	$13,316,000	$1,126	8.5%	$13,859,000	$1,174	8.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$29,974,000	$2,534	19.4%	$31,397,000	$2,655	20.0%	$31,622,000	$2,680	20.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$6,417,000	$543		$4,484,000	$379		$9,759,000	$827
Construction:	$5,299,000	$448		$2,969,000	$251		$8,786,000	$745
Total Other:	$133,000	$11		$110,000	$9		$140,000	$12
Interest on Debt:	$11,592,000	$980		$11,845,000	$1,002		$12,420,000	$1,053

Total Salary:	$85,945,000	$7,267		$90,704,000	$7,671		$89,095,000	$7,550
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$62,588,000	$5,292	72.8%	$65,321,000	$5,524	72.0%	$63,994,000	$5,423	71.8%
Other Salary:	$23,357,000	$1,975	27.2%	$25,383,000	$2,147	28.0%	$25,101,000	$2,127	28.2%
Total Benefit:	$33,912,000	$2,867		$30,735,000	$2,599		$29,764,000	$2,522
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$24,145,000	$2,042	71.2%	$21,049,000	$1,780	68.5%	$20,320,000	$1,722	68.3%
Other Benefit:	$9,767,000	$826	28.8%	$9,686,000	$819	31.5%	$9,444,000	$800	31.7%

* West Chester Area School District was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.