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Chester-Upland SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Chester-Upland SD runs 7 public schools with 3,143 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,143
- Teachers (FTE)
- 217
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- Administrative Offices, Chester, PA 19013
- Phone
- (610)447-3600
- County
- Delaware County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4205860
- State district ID
- PA-125231232
- Total staff (FTE)
- 406
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 349 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,621), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $130.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.8 million
- State revenue
- $102.5 million
- Local revenue
- $22.3 million
- Total spending
- $143.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $54,780
- Salaries
- $23.0 million16.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $85.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 78.4%
- Local: 17.1%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$54,780
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Chester-Upland SD
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chester High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 806 | 15.5 |
| Chester Upland Sch of ArtsCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 384 | 13.7 |
| Edgmont Scholars AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 422 | 19.2 |
| Main Street SchCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 340 | 13.6 |
| STEM at ShowalterCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 477 | 14.5 |
| Stetser El SchCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 251 | 11.4 |
| Toby Farms Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 4 to 8 | 359 | 10.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Delaware County
- Upper Darby SD 12,356 students
- Haverford Township SD 6,511 students
- Ridley SD 5,628 students
- William Penn SD 4,499 students
- Garnet Valley SD 4,449 students
- Springfield SD 4,432 students
- Rose Tree Media SD 4,267 students
- Marple Newtown SD 3,942 students
- Southeast Delco SD 3,855 students
- Chester Community CS 3,794 students
- Wallingford-Swarthmore SD 3,699 students
- Radnor Township SD 3,598 students
- Interboro SD 3,366 students
- Penn-Delco SD 3,209 students
- Chichester SD 2,923 students
More in Pennsylvania
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.