Chester Upland Sch of Arts

Set in Chester, Pennsylvania, Chester Upland Sch of Arts is an average-sized elementary campus, run under Chester-Upland SD. It educates 384 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in Chester-Upland SD (3,039 students total), Chester Upland Sch of Arts accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Chester Upland Sch of Arts reports that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 111% of students at Chester Upland Sch of Arts qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Delaware County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Delaware County reports that median household income runs about $89,546, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Delaware County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), of which Chester Upland Sch of Arts is one.

The closest other public school is Chester HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Chester Upland Sch of Arts operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 413 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 95% to 86%.

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