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Chester-Upland School District

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Chester-Upland School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Chester-Upland School District has 6.92 square miles of land area and 1.17 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Chester-Upland School District population is 41,324. Chester-Upland School District median household income is $29,933 in 2010-2014. Chester-Upland School District median house value is $72,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Chester-Upland School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (495 out of 496, bottom 0%) Elementary/Middle School: (496 out of 498, bottom 0%)* Rank: #499
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	10
Population	41,324 (2010-2014), rank #61
Population Growth	-6.50% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	5,112.66/sq mi, rank #18
Median Household Income:	$29,933 at 2010-2014—8.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #491
Median House Price:	$72,100 at 2010-2014—-3.48% increase since 2005-2009, rank #471
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	6.92 sq mi, rank #458
Water Area:	1.17 sq mi (14.43%), rank #133
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Delaware County
City:	Upland, Chester, Aston, Brookhaven
Zip:	19015, 19013, 19014
Area:	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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Chester-Upland School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1720 Melrose Ave

Chester PA, 19013, Delaware County

Phone: 610-447-3600

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,985	3,146	3,944	4,244	4,426	4,681	4,184
English Language Learner Students:	97	115	158	175	2	161	199
Total Teachers:	133.00	150.00	177.00	284.00	268.00	242.00	275.00
Prekindergarten:	6.00	8.00	9.00	17.00	14.00	8.00	7.00
Kindergarten:	4.00	6.00	6.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	7.00
Elementary:	56.00	63.00	72.00	117.00	106.00	93.00	93.50
Secondary:	59.00	63.00	76.00	123.00	119.00	117.00	160.50
Ungraded:	8.00	10.00	14.00	19.00	21.00	15.00	7.00
Total Other Staff:	257.00	321.00	328.00	399.00	323.50	288.50	276.00
Instructional Aides:	34.00	38.00	38.00	77.00	73.00	80.00	44.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	3.00	5.00	7.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	3.00	5.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	4.00	1.00
District Administrators:	5.00	3.00	3.00	5.00	7.00	8.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	16.00	16.00	16.00	22.00	22.00	21.50	15.00
School Administrators:	10.00	9.00	13.00	15.00	20.00	19.00	20.00
School Administrative Support:	6.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	9.00	11.00	19.00
Student Support Services:	NA	16.00	18.00	32.00	38.00	12.00	14.00
Other Support Services:	183.00	224.00	225.00	229.00	145.50	125.00	147.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.44	20.97	22.28	14.94	16.51	19.34	15.21

Schools

Chester High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	232 West 9th St, Chester PA 19013
Chester Upland School Of Arts	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	501 West 9th St, Chester PA 19013
Chester Upland Stem Magnet High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1100 West 10th St, Chester PA 19013
Columbus Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	320 West 10th St, Chester PA 19013
Main Street School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	704 Main St, Brookhaven PA 19015
Showalter Intermediate	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1100 West 10th St, Chester PA 19013
Stem At Showalter	Grade 8 to Grade 12	1100 West 10th St, Chester PA 19013
Stetser Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	808 East 17th St, Chester PA 19013

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	4.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	5.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	4.9%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	7.4%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	3.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	3.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	5.4%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	7.2%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	16.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	20.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	14.5%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	15.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	18%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	19.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	9.4%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	10.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	18.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	24.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	25%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	28.1%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	0.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	2.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	1.4%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	4.1%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	6.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	27.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39.7%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.9%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.8%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.8%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	28.7%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	28%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	32.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	33.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	33.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25.2%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38.2%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.6%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	27.6%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	23.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26.9%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39.7%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	19.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	19.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	19.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	17.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.9%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.9%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	22%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	36.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	38%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	30.1%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.5%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.6%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	22.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	20.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	26.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.9%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	18%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	24.6%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	26%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31.7%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	34.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	25.5%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	19.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	10.5%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	15.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20.6%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33.5%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32.6%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37.3%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	23.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	18.1%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	17.8%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	30.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	36.9%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	32.5%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.7%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	21.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	15.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17.7%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.6%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	16.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	22.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	39.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	36.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	23.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	25.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	35.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	28.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	28.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	4.4%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	7.9%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	5.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	9.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	8.6%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	36%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	14.5%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	42.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	33.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	40.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	30.9%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$117,988,000	$29,916		NA	NA	NA	$109,657,000	$24,776
Federal:	$9,461,000	$2,399	8.0%	NA	NA	NA	$16,127,000	$3,644	14.7%
State:	$90,549,000	$22,959	76.7%	NA	NA	NA	$73,728,000	$16,658	67.2%
Local:	$17,978,000	$4,558	15.2%	NA	NA	NA	$19,802,000	$4,474	18.1%
Total Expenditures:	$98,375,000	$24,943		NA	NA	NA	$109,318,000	$24,699
Total Current Expenditures:	$55,809,000	$14,150		NA	NA	NA	$65,072,000	$14,702
Instructional Expenditures:	$30,882,000	$7,830	55.3%	NA	NA	NA	$39,909,000	$9,017	61.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,146,000	$1,051	7.4%	NA	NA	NA	$5,369,000	$1,213	8.3%
Administration:	$7,270,000	$1,843	13.0%	NA	NA	NA	$6,690,000	$1,512	10.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$13,511,000	$3,426	24.2%	NA	NA	NA	$13,104,000	$2,961	20.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$26,000	$7		NA	NA	NA	$1,023,000	$231
Construction:	$0	$0		NA	NA	NA	$0	$0
Total Other:	$1,275,000	$323		NA	NA	NA	$2,059,000	$465
Interest on Debt:	$2,820,000	$715		NA	NA	NA	$4,339,000	$980

Total Salary:	$25,814,000	$6,545		NA	NA	NA	$34,967,000	$7,900
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$15,655,000	$3,969	60.6%	NA	NA	NA	$23,468,000	$5,302	67.1%
Other Salary:	$10,159,000	$2,576	39.4%	NA	NA	NA	$11,499,000	$2,598	32.9%
Total Benefit:	$12,898,000	$3,270		NA	NA	NA	$11,625,000	$2,627
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$8,102,000	$2,054	62.8%	NA	NA	NA	$8,134,000	$1,838	70.0%
Other Benefit:	$4,796,000	$1,216	37.2%	NA	NA	NA	$3,491,000	$789	30.0%

* Chester-Upland School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.