Coatesville Intermediate HS

As a mid-tier secondary school in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, Coatesville Intermediate HS instructs 826 students from grades 8 through 9, overseen by Coatesville Area SD.

Coatesville Area SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,142 students; Coatesville Intermediate HS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Coatesville Intermediate HS reports that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 29% Black, 24% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Chester County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Coatesville Intermediate HS has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Coatesville Intermediate HS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Chester County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Coatesville Intermediate HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Chester County shows the typical household earns roughly $127,208 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Chester County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), Coatesville Intermediate HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coatesville Area SHS, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Coatesville Intermediate HS comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coatesville Intermediate HS has shrank 13%, going from 946 students in 2018 to 826 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 38% across the same window.

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