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West Chester Area SD

A public school district in Exton, Pennsylvania, with 17 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

12,042
Students enrolled
949.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,544.3
All staff, full-time equivalent
$18,039
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 12,042 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 710th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 13th of 777 in Pennsylvania. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $18,039 in fiscal year 2023
More than 65% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

West Chester Area SD spent $19,021 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $10,917 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

Source: NCES

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The figures

West Chester Area SD spent $19,021 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $10,917 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$19,021$230.3 million12,109
FY2023$18,039$219.1 million12,145
FY2022$17,702$214.1 million12,095
FY2021$16,327$195.5 million11,972
FY2020$15,443$186.4 million12,070
FY2019$16,011$191.5 million11,958
FY2018$15,440$184.1 million11,923
FY2017$15,554$180.1 million11,577
FY2016$15,557$178.5 million11,475
FY2015$14,621$169.9 million11,618
FY2014$13,858$161.6 million11,659
FY2013$14,338$167.5 million11,682
FY2012$13,058$154.4 million11,827
FY2011$13,295$157.2 million11,825
FY2010$13,174$155.5 million11,800
FY2009$13,367$155.8 million11,654
FY2008$12,855$152.1 million11,835
FY2007$12,074$142.9 million11,838
FY2006$11,310$132.7 million11,729
FY2005$10,917$127.4 million11,674

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to West Chester Area SD by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$7.4 million2.5%
State$49.7 million16.8%
Local$238.8 million80.7%
Total$295.8 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

17 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in West Chester Area SD
SchoolStudents
E N Peirce MS1,040
East Bradford El School455
East Goshen El School510
Exton El School533
Fern Hill El School408
Glen Acres El School451
Greystone El School511
Hillsdale El School537
J R Fugett MS930
Mary C Howse El School442
Penn Wood El School438
Sarah W Starkweather El School576
Stetson MS808
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School1,159
West Chester East High School1,216
West Chester Henderson High School1,444
Westtown-Thornbury El School529

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
4225290

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Sources

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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