West Chester East High School

West Chester East High School
Location
Map
West Chester
,
Pennsylvania

United States
Coordinates39°58′48″N 75°33′57″W / 39.9801°N 75.5657°W / 39.9801; -75.5657
Information
TypeHigh School
Established1973[1]
PrincipalSarah Graham
Staff84.06 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Number of students1,234 (2019-20)[2]
Student to teacher ratio14.68[2]
Color(s)Red, Yellow, and Black      
AthleticsPennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
MascotViking
WebsiteOfficial Website

West Chester East High School (colloquially referred to simply as East or WC East) is a public four-year high school located in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, near West Chester.[3][4]

Established in 1973 as the second high school in the West Chester Area School District (along with Henderson High School), East is one of three high schools currently operating in the West Chester area (the third being Rustin High School, which opened in 2006). Newsweek ranked East 420 out of the top 1,000 high schools in America in 2015.[5] East also earned a rank of 36 in Philadelphia Magazine's overview of the best 100 public schools in the Philadelphia area in 2012.[6]

In the 2019-2020 school year, West Chester East had a student body of 1234 students.[7] Students who attend J.R. Fugett Middle School attend East.[8] West Chester East (as well as Fugett) draws its student body from East Goshen Elementary, Exton Elementary, Glen Acres Elementary, Fern Hill Elementary, and half a part of Greystone Elementary.[9]

Communities served by West Chester East include sections of West Goshen Township, West Chester borough, East Goshen Township, West Whiteland Township, and Westtown Township.[4][8] West Chester East serves about half of the Exton census-designated place, entirely in West Whiteland Township.[10]

East's athletic teams compete as the Vikings in the Ches-Mont League, a District One affiliate of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.

  1. ^ East Project
  2. ^ a b c "West Chester East HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "East HS / Homepage". www.wcasd.net. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  4. ^ a b "West Chester Council Map" (PDF). westgoshen.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  5. ^ "America's Best High Schools 2012". Newsweek. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  6. ^ "The Top 100 Philadelphia-Area Public Schools 2012". Philadelphia Magazine. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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  8. ^ a b "School Boundary Adjustment Draft SK8C - Current Boundaries with Zones of Change (Secondary)" (PDF). wcasd.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "School Boundary Adjustment Draft SK8C - Current Boundaries with Zones of Change (Elementary)" (PDF). wcasd.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "2010 Census Block Map" (PDF). census.gov.