Toby Farms Intermediate School

Set in Chester Twp, Pennsylvania, Toby Farms Intermediate School is a cozy junior high, overseen by Chester-Upland SD. It teaches 359 students across grades 4 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 594.

Across the 7 schools in Chester-Upland SD (3,039 students total), Toby Farms Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Toby Farms Intermediate School reports that nearly all students (85%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Toby Farms Intermediate School logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Delaware County's rate of about 58%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Toby Farms Intermediate School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.1%; actual is 7.2%, a gap of -32.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Delaware County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,546, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Delaware County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), of which Toby Farms Intermediate School is one.

Main Street Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Toby Farms Intermediate School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Toby Farms Intermediate School has fell 21%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 359 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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