Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
Mary C Howse El Sch, West Chester, PA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 442
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is 0.7 higher than the district figure of 12.7. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 641 W Boot Rd, West Chester, PA 19380
- Phone
- (484)266-1300
- District
- West Chester Area SD
- County
- Chester County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 422529001457
School meals
- Free lunch
- 34
- Reduced-price lunch
- 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 357.9% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in West Chester Area SD
- Sarah W Starkweather El Sch 576 students
- Hillsdale El Sch 537 students
- Exton El Sch 533 students
- Westtown-Thornbury El Sch 529 students
- Greystone El Sch 511 students
- East Goshen El Sch 510 students
- East Bradford El Sch 455 students
- Glen Acres El Sch 451 students
- Penn Wood El Sch 438 students
- Fern Hill El Sch 408 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in West Chester
- Pocopson El Sch Unionville-Chadds Ford SD
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.