Tredyffrin/Easttown School District

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

Tredyffrin/Easttown School District
Address
940 West Valley Road, Suite 1700 Wayne , Chester, Pennsylvania, 19301 United States
Coordinates	40°04′11″N 75°25′29″W
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Inspiring the Future
Grades	K-12
Established	January 1909 (1909-01)
Superintendent	Dr. Richard Gusick
Business administrator	Arthur J. McDonnell
School board	9 members
Chair of the board	Todd Kantorczyk
Governing agency	Pennsylvania Department of Education
Schools	8, including Conestoga High School
Budget	$146,038,639[1]
NCES District ID	4223640[2]
Students and staff
Enrollment	7,059
Faculty	489.2 (FTE)
Staff	218.5
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.

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

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

High school

Main article: Conestoga 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:

• Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School (TEMS, Tredyffrin Township, Berwyn address)
• Valley Forge Middle School (VFMS, Tredyffrin Township, Wayne address)

Elementary schools

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

• Beaumont Elementary School (BES, Easttown Township, Berwyn address)
• Devon Elementary School (DES, Easttown Township, Devon address)
• Hillside Elementary School (HES, Tredyffrin Township, Berwyn address)
• New Eagle Elementary School (NEES, Tredyffrin Township, Wayne address)
• Valley Forge Elementary School (VFES, Tredyffrin Township, Wayne address)

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

A sixth 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

• List of school districts in Pennsylvania