Stetson MS

Stetson MS is one of the mid-tier intermediate schools in West Chester, Pennsylvania, part of West Chester Area SD, with 808 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Stetson MS is one of 17 schools operated by West Chester Area SD, a district that educates 11,987 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Stetson MS lists that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Stetson MS lists 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Stetson MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Chester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stetson MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.5%, the actual is 54.9%, a residual of -15.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Chester County indicate 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. Stetson MS is one of 111 public schools in Chester County (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students).

Sarah W Starkweather El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stetson MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stetson MS at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 70.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stetson MS has declined 12%, going from 921 students in 2018 to 808 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 81% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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