Schools
In 2011, nearly 45 percent of Chester Upland School District children attend charter schools. Many of the community's elementary students attend the K-8 Chester Community Charter School, the state's largest, which academically outperforms the district schools.
- High schools
- Chester High School (Chester)
- Science and Discovery High School (Chester) opened in 2008
- Smedley Allied Health School (Chester) opened in Fall 2008, in the former Smedley Middle School
- Primary schools
- Christopher Columbus Elementary School (Chester)
- Main Street Elementary School (Upland)
- Margaret C. Stetser Elementary School (Chester)
- The Village (Chester)
- Toby Farms Elementary School (Chester Township)
- Chester Upland School for the Arts (opened in 2008, plans to become a K-8 school)
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