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What's something West Chester Bayard Rustin HS does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,159
High
DISTRICT 1,273 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CHESTER AREA SD·NCES 422529000969
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School
1100 Shiloh Road, West Chester, PA 19382 · (484) 266-4300 · Chester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,159 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.7:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
231 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 268 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 304 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 297 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 290 | 25% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
81.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.1% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 40.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 West Chester Bayard Rustin High School
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Chester Bayard Rustin High School this school | 1,159 | 19.9% | 61.1% |
| Perkiomen Valley High School Collegeville | 1,616 | 22.1% | 72.3% |
| Penncrest High School Media | 1,255 | 20.7% | 77.1% |
| Southern Lehigh SHS Center Valley | 1,013 | 20.7% | 69.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson High School Jefferson Hills | 1,041 | 23.9% | 77.1% |
| Bethel Park High School Bethel Park | 1,244 | 21.5% | 65.5% |
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 West Chester Bayard Rustin High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #156 of 576 | #11 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #204 of 626 ▲ 77 | #12 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #57 of 626 ▲ 4 | #6 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,159 | #141 of 713 | #13 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #188 of 601 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #238 of 604 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.9% | #594 of 619 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #159 of 373 | #5 of 8 |
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
1,159
-119 (-9%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 1,333
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 1,159 | 91.3 | 12.7:1 | 20% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 1,189 | 93.2 | 12.8:1 | 19% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 1,210 | 91.4 | 13.2:1 | 16% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 1,278 | 92 | 13.9:1 | 12% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 1,301 | 88.6 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,257 | 89 | 14.1:1 | 10% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 1,333 | 90 | 14.8:1 | 7% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Chester Bayard Rustin High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,301 to 1,159); teachers up 3% (88.6 to 91.3).
About West Chester Bayard Rustin High School
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School is a high-enrollment high school for students in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 1,159 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in Pennsylvania have about 738 students on average; enrollment here is 57% higher.
West Chester Area SD has 11,987 students spread across 17 schools.
Of every 100 students at West Chester Bayard Rustin High School, about 78 are White. After that, the student body is 7% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among Chester County residents, the White share is about 77%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
Based on 91.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, West Chester Bayard Rustin High School has a ratio of 12.7:1. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 20%. Among public schools in Chester County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (61.1%) and its predicted rate (69.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Chester County, median household income comes to about $127,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 111, with about 83,468 students.
Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School is the nearest public school to West Chester Bayard Rustin High School, about 0.3 miles away. West Chester Bayard Rustin High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 65.7%, higher than West Chester Bayard Rustin High School's 61.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, West Chester Bayard Rustin High School is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count decreased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 12.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.9 in 2020-21.
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Chester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,840
Census ACS
Median income
$127,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
83,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Chester Area SD
- West Chester Henderson High SchoolHigh · 1,444 students
- West Chester East High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- E N Peirce Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- J R Fugett Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Stetson Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Sarah W Starkweather Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
Other schools in West Chester
- Pennsylvania Leadership CSCombined · 2,874 students
- West Chester Henderson High SchoolHigh · 1,444 students
- West Chester East High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- E N Peirce Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- 21st Century Cyber CSHigh · 996 students
- J R Fugett Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
Nearby schools
- Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School0.3 mi · 529
- Penn Wood Elementary School1.7 mi · 438
- Sarah W Starkweather Elementary School1.9 mi · 576
- Stetson Middle School2.0 mi · 808
- Glen Acres Elementary School2.1 mi · 451
- West Chester East High School2.9 mi · 1,216
Frequently asked questions
About West Chester Bayard Rustin High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West Chester Bayard Rustin High School?
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School enrolls approximately 1,159 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does West Chester Bayard Rustin High School serve?
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Chester Bayard Rustin High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Chester Bayard Rustin High School is approximately 12.7:1 (91 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at West Chester Bayard Rustin High School?
Student demographics at West Chester Bayard Rustin High School are roughly 78% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees West Chester Bayard Rustin High School?
West Chester Bayard Rustin High School is overseen by West Chester Area SD in Chester County.
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