Stetson Middle School

Stetson Middle School is one of the public schools in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is a medium-sized middle school. The school reports 808 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.

Stetson Middle School is part of a district of 17 schools: West Chester Area SD, with 11,987 students.

At 76%, White students outnumber all other groups at Stetson Middle School combined. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 77% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Stetson Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.

Staffing totals 65.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 17%. The rate at public schools in Chester County averages 38%, higher than here.

Stetson Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Stetson Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.9%, compared with a predicted 70.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.

Stetson Middle School is located in Chester County, where median household income is about $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 111 public schools in Chester County, with a combined enrollment of about 83,468.

The shortest distance from Stetson Middle School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Sarah W Starkweather Elementary School. The five-mile area around Stetson Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 70.2%, higher than Stetson Middle School's 54.9%.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 6%, from 860 to 808. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 12.3:1 over the same years.

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