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Schools in Chest Township

Chest Township’s public schools

Harmony Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chest Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$27.6K
▲ 27% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
6.4
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
234 students on the public path
In brief

Chest Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Chest Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Harmony Area JSHS places highest (better than 47%); Harmony Area El Sch lowest (42%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Chest Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Harmony Area El Schin WestoverC+
7–12Harmony Area JSHSin WestoverB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Harmony Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Harmony Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 234 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 6.4 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$27,561PA $21,758 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 55.1% · 101 students tested
Math37%
State average 36.1% · 113 students tested

Chest Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Chest Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Chest Township—Harmony Area
Westover—Harmony Area
New Washington—Purchase Line
Newburg—Purchase Line
Jordan—Moshannon Valley
BeccariaC+Glendale
Ferguson—Curwensville Area
BurnsideB−Harmony Area

2 of the 7 neighbors share Harmony Area with Chest Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Chest Township

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Chest Townshipin other towns
Harmony Area El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Westover
C+
141 students9:1Rate it →
Harmony Area JSHS
High · Grades 7–12 · Westover
B−
93 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about Chest Township’s schools

Are Chest Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Chest Township. Harmony Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chest Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Chest Township in?

Harmony Area School District.

Where do Chest Township kids go to high school?

Harmony Area JSHS.

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What Chest Township families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.