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The highest-poverty public high schools in Chester County, Pennsylvania

17 public high schools in Chester County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Coatesville Area SHS leads the list at 103%, against a median of 21.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

103%

Median % FRL

21.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Coatesville Area SHS	Coatesville, PA	Coatesville Area SD	High	1,366	103%
2	Oxford Area High School	Oxford, PA	Oxford Area SD	High	1,089	102%
3	Octorara Area JSHS	Atglen, PA	Octorara Area SD	High	703	99.6%
4	Coatesville Intermediate High School	Coatsville, PA	Coatesville Area SD	High	826	98.7%
5	Kennett High School	Kennett Square, PA	Kennett Consolidated SD	High	1,184	51.2%
6	Phoenixville Area High School	Phoenixville, PA	Phoenixville Area SD	High	1,194	36.7%
7	Avon Grove High School	West Grove, PA	Avon Grove SD	High	1,744	33.9%
8	West Chester East High School	West Chester, PA	West Chester Area SD	High	1,216	24.1%
9	Owen J Roberts High School	Pottstown, PA	Owen J Roberts SD	High	1,810	21.9%
10	West Chester Henderson High School	West Chester, PA	West Chester Area SD	High	1,444	21.8%
11	Great Valley High School	Malvern, PA	Great Valley SD	High	1,481	21.7%
12	Downingtown HS East Campus	Exton, PA	Downingtown Area SD	High	1,708	20.3%
13	West Chester Bayard Rustin High School	West Chester, PA	West Chester Area SD	High	1,159	19.9%
14	Downingtown HS West Campus	Downingtown, PA	Downingtown Area SD	High	1,796	18.9%
15	Conestoga SHS	Berwyn, PA	Tredyffrin-Easttown SD	High	2,264	10.5%
16	Unionville High School	Kennett Square, PA	Unionville-Chadds Ford SD	High	1,263	8.2%
17	Downingtown STEM Academy	Downingtown, PA	Downingtown Area SD	High	962	5.7%

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