Chichester High School
The Chichester School District is a midsized, suburban public school district located in southeastern Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses approximately 11 square miles covering the Boroughs of Marcus Hook and Trainer and Lower Chichester Township and Upper Chichester Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. According to 2000 federal census data, Chichester School District serves a resident population of 24,648. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $20,972, while the median family income was $57,240. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Chichester School District provided basic educational services to 3,571 pupils through the employment of 302 teachers, 239 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 27 administrators. Chichester School District received more than $16.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
Chichester School District is often incorrectly considered part of Aston, Pennsylvania because of the zip-code of the location where the school district is based out of is in Twin Oaks, Pennsylvania (Part of Chichester, Pennsylvania, but commonly associated with the Aston zip-code).
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