East Bradford El Sch

East Bradford El Sch is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in West Chester, Pennsylvania, operated by West Chester Area SD, with 455 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

East Bradford El Sch is one of 17 schools operated by West Chester Area SD, a district that serves 11,987 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Bradford El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, East Bradford El Sch has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Chester County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, East Bradford El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.2%, the actual is 75.4%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Chester County) shows that median household income runs about $127,208, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 East Bradford El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Hillsdale El Sch, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Bradford El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Bradford El Sch has changed only slightly, going from 450 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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