2024-2025 School Profile

Located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Downingtown Area School District is a suburban residential community with a thriving business district. An abundance of new housing developments has caused a significant increase in school district enrollment. Currently, the District serves over 13,250 students and has three high schools: Downingtown High School West, Downingtown High School East and the STEM Academy.

💠Six students recognized by Pennsylvania Music Educators Association in District Band and Choir, two in Regional Band and one in All-State Band.

💠The Downingtown Blue & Gold Band, made up of the Downingtown East & West Bands performed in their 2nd Tournament of Roses Parade in 2022.

💠Community Service is an integral part of student life at West. All students complete a 40-hour graduation project and many students participate in additional opportunities to support our local community.

Downingtown West and East offer an extensive program of study that includes both Honors and Advanced Placement courses. Classes are offered in a traditional, year-round format. A student’s program of study largely depends upon course availability in a given year. A typical schedule contains between six and seven credits of coursework each year. Approximately 73.6% of students take at least one Honors class, 54.3% take at least one AP class and 30.3% are involved in our Dual Enrollment programs. Vocational career opportunities for seniors include early graduation, early college acceptance programs, career and work-based experiences, along with field study opportunities.

• Healthcare Career Exploration (4 courses)
• Downingtown Teacher Academy (4 courses)
• DASD Sports Business Academy (4 courses) Offered in collaboration with the Temple University School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management

• Immaculata University (21 courses)
• University of Pittsburgh (13 courses)

The Downingtown Area School District utilizes a traditional letter grade system. A student’s grade point average is calculated on a 4.0 scale. Additional quality points weight Honors and AP courses. Only final grades are used in calculating GPA.

*Downingtown High School West DOES NOT report Class Rank.*

• Class of 2024 attending 4-year college: 78.9 %
• 2-year college or Trade School: 14.7%
• Military, Employment or Gap Year: 6.4%

• American University (3)
• Arcadia University
• Automotive Training Center (4)
• Binghamton University
• Bloomsburg University (3)
• Boston University
• Brigham Young University (2)
• Broward College
• Bryant University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Cedarville University
• Chatham University
• Chestnut Hill University
• Culinary Institute of America (2)
• Coastal Carolina University (3)
• College of Charleston (2)
• CUNY – Bernard M. Baruch College
• Dartmouth College
• Dickinson College
• Drexel University (7)
• Duke University (2)
• Duquesne University
• East Carolina University
• East Stroudsburg University (5)
• Eastern University
• Elizabethtown University (3)
• Elon University
• Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
• Florida Institute of Technology
• Florida International University
• George Mason University
• George Washington University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgian Court University
• Grand Canyon University
• Hampton University
• Harcum College (3)
• Hofstra University
• Howard University
• Immaculata University (4)
• Indiana University
• Jacksonville University
• James Madison University (5)
• Johnson and Wales University (2)
• Kansas State University
• Kent State University
• King’s College
• Kutztown University (8)
• La Salle University
• Lafayette College (2)
• Lebanon Valley College
• Lehigh University (2)
• Liberty University (2)
• Lock Haven University
• Long Island University
• Louisiana State University
• Loyola University – Maryland
• Millersville University (8)
• Misericordia University
• Montana Technological University
• Moravian University
• Neumann University (3)
• New York University
• Northeastern University (2)
• Ohio State University (2)
• Old Dominion University
• Parsons School of Design
• Pennsylvania State University (36)
• PA College of Art & Design
• Pennsylvania College of Technology (3)
• Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
• Providence College
• Quinnipiac University (3)
• Radford University
• Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rutgers University
• Sacred Heart University
• St. Joseph’s University (3)
• Savannah College of Art & Design
• Shippensburg University (2)
• Slippery Rock University
• Southeastern Lineman Training Center
• Stonehill College
• Syracuse University
• Temple University (14)
• Thaddeus Stevens College of Tech. (3)
• Towson University
• Union College
• US Merchant Marine Academy
• Universal Technical Institute (5)
• University of Alabama (5)
• University of Central Florida
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Delaware (13)
• University of Kentucky (3)
• University of Lisbon
• University of Maine (2)
• University of Manchester (UK)
• University of Maryland (2)
• University of Memphis
• University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
• University of North Carolina – Charlotte
• University of Northwestern Ohio
• University of Pittsburgh (20)
• University of Richmond (2)
• University of Rochester
• University of Scranton
• University of South Carolina (4)
• University of South Florida
• University of the Arts (2)
• University of Valley Forge
• University of Vermont
• Utah State University
• Villanova University (2)
• Virginia Institute of Technology (4)
• Wake Forest University
• Wellness Institute of Chester County
• West Chester University (63)
• West Virginia University (7)
• Western Kentucky University
• Widener University

• Wilkes University (3)
• York College of Pennsylvania (3)