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Westtown School |
| School Level |
Elementary and Secondary school
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| School
Membership(s) |
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
State or regional independent school association
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) |
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| Religious Affiliation |
Friends |
| Grades Offered |
Grades Prekindergarten - 12 |
| Year
Founded |
1799 |
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County |
Chester County, PA |
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| Total
Students |
795 students |
| Student
Body Type |
Co-ed |
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| This
School |
(
PA )
Elementary and Secondary School Avg. |
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| % Students of
Color |
19% |
15% |
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| Students by Grade |
| Pre-K - 18 students | | Kind - 35 students | | Grade 1 - 36 students | | Grade 2 - 36 students | | Grade 3 - 36 students | | Grade 4 - 36 students | | Grade 5 - 36 students | | Grade 6 - 54 students | | Grade 7 - 54 students | | Grade 8 - 54 students | | Grade 9 - 100 students | | Grade 10 - 100 students | | Grade 11 - 100 students | | Grade 12 - 100 students | |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
90 teachers |
| Average Class Size |
15 |
| Classroom dress code |
Casual |
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| This
School |
(
PA )
Elementary and Secondary School Avg. |
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| Teacher
: Student Ratio |
1:9 |
1:9
*Ntl.
Public School Avg. »
1:16
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| School
Days in Calendar Year |
175 days |
180 days |
| Hours
in School Day for Students |
8 hours |
6 hours |
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| Admission Deadline |
Feb. 1 / Rolling |
| Tuition Notes |
Tuition varies by division and by day or baording |
| %
on Financial Aid |
30% |
| Acceptance
Rate |
65% |
| Headmaster |
John Baird |
| Admissions
Director |
Kate Holz |
| Admissions
Associate |
Ronnie Montgomery |
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- Westtown School is a Quaker, co-educational, day and boarding school founded in 1799. Located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the school serves over six hundred students in prekindergarten through twelfth grades. Guided by the essential Quaker calling to seek out and honor that of God in each of us, Westtown School challenges its students to realize their individual gifts while learning and living together in a diverse community. Westtown inspires and prepares its graduates to be stewards and leaders of a better world.
- Profile last updated: 07/22/2008
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| About This
Zip Code (
19395 ) |
| School
Zip (
19395 ) |
(
PA ) State Average |
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| Population
(Approximate) |
n/a |
12,280,267 people |
| %
(age 25+) w/College Degree |
n/a |
22% |
| Population Average
Age |
n/a |
38.0 years old |
| Average Household
Size |
n/a |
2.4 persons |
| Median Household
Income |
n/a |
$43,490 |
| Avg. # of Rooms
in Household |
n/a |
5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of
Housing Structure |
n/a |
51 years old |
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (19395)
What's a Zindex?
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| %
Owning / % Renting |
n/a / n/a |
68% / 32% |
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