Company description
Westtown School is a PK-12th grade day and boarding school whose challenging and richly diverse curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, collaboration, service and social action.
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- School Philosophy
- Westtown School is a Quaker, co-educational, day and boarding school founded in 1799. Located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the school serves eight hundred students in prekindergarten through twelfth grades. 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 stewa ...
- Typical Day-in-the-life
- A day in preKindergarten could offer a trip to our frog pond, a visit to the Star Lab, learning about dinosaurs or studying Mexico, making masks in art class, listening to stories, reading from the Big Books, learning how to be a good friend and citizen...and so much more. The school day is busy and fun!
- School Memberships
- Friends Council on Education (FCE), National Association of Independent Schools, State or regional independent school association, The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
- Sports Offered
- Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Dance, Field Hockey, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volley Ball, Wrestling
- Grades Offered
- Prekindergarten through 12
- School Level
- Elementary and Secondary
- Email
- [email protected]
- Head Official Email
- [email protected]
- Admission Associate
- Ronnie Montgomery
- Population (approximate) In School State
- 12,280,267 people
- Percentage Vacancy Of Housing Units In School State
- 9% vacancy rate
- Percentage Vacancy Of Housing Units In School Zip
- 2% vacancy rate
- Head Official Name
- L. Jay Farrow,
- Population (approximate) In School Zip
- 50,927 people
- Median Age Of Housing Structure In School State
- 52 years old
- Median Age Of Housing Structure In School Zip
- 35 years old
- Population Average Age In School State
- 38 years old
- Population Average Age In School Zip
- 34 years old
- Admission Director
- Nathan Bohn
- Average Household Size In School State
- 2.3 persons
- Average Household Size In School Zip
- 2.6 persons
- Headmaster
- John Baird
- Avg. Number Of Rooms In Household In School State
- 5.9 rooms
- Avg. Number Of Rooms In Household In School Zip
- 6.9 rooms
- Percentage Owning / Percentage Renting In School State
- 71% / 29%
- Percentage Owning / Percentage Renting In School Zip
- 72% / 28%
- Distance
- 6.5 miles
- Median Household Income In School State
- $$41,941
- Median Value Of Housing Unit In School State
- $100,901
- Median Value Of Housing Unit In School Zip
- $208,300
- School Days In Calendar Year
- 171 days
- School Days In Calendar Year (state Average)
- 180 days
- County
- Delaware
- Religious Affiliations
- Friends
- Hours In School Day For Students
- 7 hours
- Hours In School Day For Students (state Average)
- 6 hours
- Median Household Income In School Zip
- $70,832
- Type
- private
- Student Teacher Ratio
- 7.9878
- Student Body Type
- Co ed
- Grades
- PK-12
- Year Founded
- 1799
- Number Of Grade 10 Students
- 110
- Number Of Grade 11 Students
- 103
- Number Of Grade 12 Students
- 110
- Percentage (age 25+) W/college Degree In School State
- 22%
- Percentage (age 25+) W/college Degree In School Zip
- 59%
- Percentage Students Of Color
- 19%
- Teacher / Student Ratio
- 1:7
- Teacher / Student Ratio (state Average)
- 1:9
- Total Students
- 782
- Enrollment
- 800
- Number Of Ap Classes
- 29
- Number Of Grade 1 Students
- 36
- Number Of Grade 2 Students
- 36
- Number Of Grade 3 Students
- 36
- Number Of Grade 4 Students
- 36
- Number Of Grade 5 Students
- 36
- Number Of Grade 6 Students
- 50
- Number Of Grade 7 Students
- 54
- Number Of Grade 8 Students
- 54
- Number Of Grade 9 Students
- 71
- Number Of Kindergarten Students
- 32
- Number Of Prekindergarten Students
- 18
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.westtown.edu/
