AT-A-GLANCE

• Private, Boarding and Day School
• Established in 1799
• Quaker
• Pre-Kindergarten to 12th Grade
• Co-Educational
• College Preparatory
• Located in West Chester, PA
• Mascot: Moose

RECOGNITION

• Westtown School is fully accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS)
• One of Niche’s 2021 Best Boarding High Schools in America

ORIGINS

• Established in 1799 by the Philadelphia Quakers
• The oldest continuously operating co-educational boarding school in the country
• Began as a safe educational haven for Quaker children, one day’s coach ride from Philadelphia
• Learn more about our history →

FACULTY AND STAFF

• 107 teaching faculty (69 have advanced degrees.)
• 85% of Upper School full-time faculty live on campus.
• Total Student Body:
  Pre-Kindergarten – 12th grade: 694
• 372 Upper School Students, 9th through 12th grade (253 boarding, 119 day)
• 128 Middle School Students, 6th through 8th grade
• 194 Lower School Students, Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade

STUDENT SUCCESS

• 100% college placement
• 96% of graduates say Westtown prepared them well for college and university including 97% who said, “their education gave them strong critical thinking skills,” and 97% said, “they were better prepared than their peers for dorm life and time management as a result of the residential life experience at Westtown.”
• Learn more about College Counseling →

DIVERSITY

• 6.8 % – Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
• 33.7% – Black, Indigenous, People of Color; 38.4% in the Upper School
• 12.1% – International (Upper School)
• Student representation is from 16 states and 13 countries