E N Peirce MS

E N Peirce MS operates as a substantial middle-grades school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, run under West Chester Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 1,040 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 75% larger than the state mean of about 594.

West Chester Area SD runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 11,987 students. E N Peirce MS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, E N Peirce MS logs that White students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder is composed of 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting E N Peirce MS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Chester County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, E N Peirce MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.5%, the actual is 56.2%, a residual of -13.3 points.

In the area at large, Chester County reports that median household income runs about $127,208, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which E N Peirce MS is one.

The closest other public school is Greystone El Sch, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around E N Peirce MS. On composite proficiency, E N Peirce MS comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 66.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. E N Peirce MS's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,000 (now 1,040). White enrollment moved from 77% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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