Tredyffrin/Easttown School District

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Tredyffrin/Easttown School District
Tredyffrin Easttown School District Logo.png
Address
940 West Valley Road, Suite 1700
Wayne
, Chester , Pennsylvania , 19301
United States
Coordinates 40°04′11″N75°25′29″W / 40.069736°N 75.42471°W / 40.069736; -75.42471
District information
Type Public
MottoInspiring the Future
Grades K-12
EstablishedJanuary 1909 (1909-01)
SuperintendentDr. Richard Gusick
Business administratorArthur J. McDonnell
School board9 members
Chair of the boardTodd Kantorczyk
Governing agency Pennsylvania Department of Education
Schools8, including Conestoga High School
Budget$146,038,639 [1]
NCES District ID 4223640 [2]
Students and staff
Enrollment7,059
Faculty489.2 (FTE)
Staff218.5
Athletic conference PIAA
Colors   Maroon and Grey
Other information
Website tesd.net
Map of Chester County, Pennsylvania public school districts. Tredyffrin/Easttown School District is in green in the eastern corner of the county. Map of Chester County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
Map of Chester County, Pennsylvania public school districts. Tredyffrin/Easttown School District is in green in the eastern corner of the county.

Tredyffrin/Easttown School District (T/E in short) is a school district based in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [3]

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T/E School District serves the townships of Tredyffrin Township and Easttown Township, and is one of the several school districts serving the Philadelphia Main Line. T/E serves all or portions of several communities wholly or partly in the two townships, including the following census-designated places: Berwyn, Chesterbrook, Devon, and Paoli (partial). [4] It also includes areas with Malvern and Wayne postal addresses that are outside of the borough and census-designated place, respectively. Additional unincorporated communities within T/E include all or part of Daylesford, Strafford, and Radnor.[ citation needed ] In the 2010-2011 school year, the school district had 6,323 enrolled students. [5]

In its most recent 2024 ranking, Niche.com ranked the T/E school district as the second best among 500 school districts in Pennsylvania. [6]

History

The school district was the epicenter of the Berwyn School Fight, a 1930s boycott and legal campaign by the local Black community to resist the school boards' attempt to segregate the schools by race. [7]

Administration

Tredyffrin/Easttown School District Administrators: [8] The superintendent of schools is Dr. Richard Gusick.

Schools

Conestoga High School Conestoga High School.jpg
Conestoga High School

There is one high school, two middle schools, and five elementary schools in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District. [9]

High school

The school district has one high school, Conestoga High School, located in Tredyffrin Township.

Middle schools

The school district has two middle schools, both located in Tredyffrin Township:

Elementary schools

There are two elementary schools in Easttown Township and three in Tredyffrin Township:

Devon Elementary School and New Eagle Elementary School are National Blue Ribbon Schools. [10]

A sixth elementary school, named Bear Hill Elementary School, has been planned and approved by the school board. The district has purchased property for the new school and the projected opening date is August 2027. [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2018-2019 Thumbnail Sketch" (PDF). Tredyffrin Easttown School District. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Tredyffrin-easttown Sd". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Figure 2.9.1 COMMUNITY FACILITIES Comprehensive Plan & Historic Preservation Plan". Tredyffrin Township. Retrieved July 8, 2023. TESD New Administration Building
  4. ↑ "2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Chester County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Facts & Figures - 2009-2010 School Year". Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Election 2023: 10 Running For Tredyffrin/Easttown School Board". Patch.com. October 9, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ Canton, David (2008). "A Dress Rehearsal for the Modern Civil Rights Movement: Raymond Pace Alexander and the Berwyn, Pennsylvania, School Desegregation Case, 1932-1935". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies . 75 (2): 260–284. ISSN   0031-4528. JSTOR   27778832.
  8. ↑ "Administration". Archived from the original on October 21, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2010. List of Tredyffrin/Easttown School District Administrators
  9. ↑ "Schools". Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2010. List of Schools in the T/E School District
  10. ↑ "National Blue Ribbon Schools Program - Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2018" (PDF). www2.ed.gov. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  11. ↑ "New Elementary School". Tredyffrin-Easttown School District . Retrieved May 21, 2025.
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