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Chester High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
232 West 9th St
Chester, PA 19013
Phone
(610) 447-3700
District
CHESTER-UPLAND SD
County
DELAWARE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
960
Classroom Teachers
66

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.9% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Chester High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
5%
64%
9%
64%
0%
63%
5%
64%
9%
64%
0%
63%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 347 36.1%
Grade 10 234 24.4%
Grade 11 212 22.1%
Grade 12 167 17.4%
Total 960 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 1.6% 1.8% 65.3%
Black 84.7% 87.1% 15.4%
Hispanic 13.5% 10.9% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 98.0% 98.4% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 98.0% 98.4% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 39,937 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,953.5 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.8% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.0% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.1% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 14.2% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,835 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 20.9% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.2% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.7% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.5% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 8.2% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.6% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.7% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.5% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 22.1% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 17.4% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,702 $32,636,878 23.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,113 $5,893,157 4.3%
Staff $816 $2,275,824 1.7%
General Administration $727 $2,027,603 1.5%
School Administration $908 $2,532,412 1.8%
Operation $2,337 $6,517,893 4.7%
Transportation $1,993 $5,558,477 4.0%
Other $934 $2,604,926 1.9%
Total Support $9,829 $27,413,081 19.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $27,942 $77,930,238 56.5%
Total Expenditures $49,473 $137,980,197 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%