Sarah W Starkweather El Sch

Sarah W Starkweather El Sch operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, run under West Chester Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 576 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Sarah W Starkweather 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, Sarah W Starkweather El Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. Compared to Chester County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Sarah W Starkweather El Sch logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 20% of students at Sarah W Starkweather El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Chester County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sarah W Starkweather El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.0%; this one delivers 69.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Chester County) logs that median household income runs about $127,208, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which Sarah W Starkweather El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Stetson MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sarah W Starkweather El Sch. On composite proficiency, Sarah W Starkweather El Sch comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.3%.

Sarah W Starkweather El Sch operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sarah W Starkweather El Sch has changed only slightly, going from 578 students in 2018 to 576 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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