Chester, Pennsylvania county Education Profile

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Chester, Pennsylvania county Education

There are very nice schools in Chester, Pennsylvania. The principals care a lot about Chester, Pennsylvania students. Children love going to school there. Twenty-four thousand, four hundred and seventy-seven students comprise grades 9 through 12. 53,831 pupils go to Chester, Pennsylvania elementary schools. 25,130 students go to Chester, Pennsylvania colleges.

There are twenty-five thousand, one hundred and thirty high school graduates in Chester, Pennsylvania. More than seventy-six thousand, three people in Chester, Pennsylvania obtained a bachelor's degree. Over fifteen thousand, four hundred and twenty-nine students of Chester, Pennsylvania graduated with an associate degree. Only 10,085 people finished less than 9th grade and about 20,491 left school after 9th - 12th grades with no diploma.

	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	119,787		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	9,939	8.3%	6.47%
Kindergarten	6,410	5.35%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	53,831	44.94%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	24,477	20.43%	21.38%
College or graduate school	25,130	20.98%	22.81%

	Chester, Pennsylvania	%, Chester, Pennsylvania	United States
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	285,816		182,211,639
Less than 9th grade	10,085	3.53%	7.55%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	20,491	7.17%	12.05%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	74,179	25.95%	28.63%
Some college, no degree	44,280	15.49%	21.05%
Associate degree	15,429	5.4%	6.32%
Bachelor's degree	76,003	26.59%	15.54%
Graduate or professional degree	45,349	15.87%	8.86%
Percent high school graduate or higher	89.3		80.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	42.5		24.4

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