The West Chester Area School District covers a 7,500-square-mile (1.9×1014 cm2) basis, for the area of West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough of West Chester is the center of the district. The other parts include the surrounding townships of East Bradford, East Goshen, West Goshen, West Whiteland, Westtown, and Thornbury, all in Chester County, are part of the district, as is Thornbury Township in adjacent Delaware County. The WCASD consists of ten elementary schools, three middle schools, and three high schools, as of the fall 2006 school year. Elementary schools include grades 1-5, middle schools grades 6-8, and high schools grades 9-12.
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