Hillsdale El Sch

Hillsdale El Sch operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in West Chester, Pennsylvania, operated by West Chester Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 537 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 21% bigger than typical.

Across the 17 schools in West Chester Area SD (11,987 students total), Hillsdale El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hillsdale El Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 21% of students at Hillsdale El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Chester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hillsdale El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.6%; this one delivers 67.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Chester County shows 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%. Across Chester County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), Hillsdale El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Chester Henderson HS, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hillsdale El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.8%.

Hillsdale El Sch operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Hillsdale El Sch's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 591 (now 537). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Hillsdale El Sch community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.