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Enrollment
477
High
DISTRICT 642 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTER-UPLAND SD·NCES 420586007499
STEM at Showalter
1100 West 10th Street, Chester, PA 19013 · (610) 447-3401 · Delaware County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
436 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 148 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 118 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 128 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 83 | 17% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Chester-Upland SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.5pp since 2023
Math
9.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 9.5% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like STEM at Showalter
STEM at Showalter's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEM at Showalter this school | 477 | 91.4% | 18.0% |
| Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus Philadelphia | 660 | 96.1% | 31.2% |
| Randolph A. Philip Area Vocational-Technical High School Philadelphia | 437 | 99.8% | 17.6% |
| Bartram John - Main Philadelphia | 583 | 90.2% | 14.2% |
| Sayre William L Middle School Philadelphia | 447 | 94.9% | 13.5% |
| Overbrook High School Philadelphia | 440 | 88.9% | 12.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where STEM at Showalter ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #534 of 576 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #563 of 626 ▼ 4 | #15 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #566 of 626 ▼ 57 | #15 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #425 of 713 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #366 of 601 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #287 of 604 | #15 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #236 of 619 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #179 of 221 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
477
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 477 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 91% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 100% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 96% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 98% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 94% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 100% (530) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STEM at Showalter.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (466 to 477); teachers down 13% (38 to 33).
About STEM at Showalter
STEM at Showalter is a public high school in Chester, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 477 students, in grades 7 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students each.
Chester-Upland SD is the district for STEM at Showalter. It has 7 schools and 3,039 students.
Black students are the large majority at STEM at Showalter, with 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 22% of Delaware County residents are Black. STEM at Showalter has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 14.4:1 comes from the school's 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 91% of students at STEM at Showalter as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 58% average for public schools in Delaware County is 33 points lower.
STEM at Showalter is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, STEM at Showalter scores 20.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 18.0%; the prediction is 38.4%.
Delaware County census figures show that median household income is about $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. STEM at Showalter is among the 113 public schools in Delaware County.
Of nearby public schools, Chester Upland School of Arts is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 18.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 6 nearby schools.
NCES assigns STEM at Showalter the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, STEM at Showalter went from 450 students to 477. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.2:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chester-Upland SD
- Chester High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- Edgmont Scholars AcademyElementary · 422 students
- Chester Upland School of ArtsElementary · 384 students
- Toby Farms Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 359 students
- Main Street SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Stetser Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
Other schools in Chester
- Chester Community CSElementary · 3,782 students
- Chester High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- Chester Charter Scholars Academy CSCombined · 701 students
- Edgmont Scholars AcademyElementary · 422 students
- Chester Upland School of ArtsElementary · 384 students
- Stetser Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Chester Upland School of Arts0.4 mi · 384
- Chester High School0.6 mi · 806
- Main Street School0.7 mi · 340
- Toby Farms Intermediate School1.1 mi · 359
- Edgmont Scholars Academy1.1 mi · 422
- Chester Community CS1.1 mi · 3,782
Frequently asked questions
About STEM at ShowalterHow large is STEM at Showalter?
STEM at Showalter enrolls approximately 477 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does STEM at Showalter serve?
STEM at Showalter serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does STEM at Showalter have?
STEM at Showalter employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is STEM at Showalter?
STEM at Showalter reports a student body of 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is STEM at Showalter public or private?
STEM at Showalter is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chester-Upland SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.