| Definition of Terms |
Coatesville Area Senior High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 11 - 12 |
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| County |
Chester County, PA |
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| Total Students |
1157 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
81 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 11 - 559 students | | Grade 12 - 598 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:14 |
1:16 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
2% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
6% |
3% |
| % Black |
30% |
14% |
| % White |
62% |
81% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
21% |
20% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
4% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Coatesville Area Sd School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
12 |
4 |
| Number of Students Managed |
7,449 students |
2,220 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$121,876,000 |
$24,078,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$104,991,000 |
$23,565,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$16,361 |
$10,846 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$14,095 |
$10,615 |
| District Graduation Rates |
92% |
95% |
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- The Coatesville Area High School is part of the Coatesville Area School District, a school district based in the city of Coatesville, in central Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The high school is divided into two schools:
- Coatesville Area Intermediate High School (CAIHS, but called the 9/10 Center or simply 9/10) for 9th and 10th graders
- Coatesville Area Senior High (CASH) for 11th and 12th graders
- The school was home to the 2006 XC national champions and the 2001 AAAA state basketball champions. Sports rivals include Downingtown East, Downingtown West, and Bishop Shanahan.
- Student demographics are reported as follows: White, 57.3%; African American, 32.0%; Latino, 9.0%; Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.5%; Native American, 0.2%.
- The school was home to Detroit Pistons player Richard "Rip" Hamilton. Hamilton buys the high school basketball team uniforms and shoes each year, which they are able to keep following the season. Coatesville is the only high school in Chester County with an Air Force Junior ROTC unit.
- History
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The Coatesville High School was originally founded in the center of town in what is now the Benner Education Center. In the 1930s, the high school was relocated to what is now the Scott Middle School. In the 1960s, the high school was relocated to the current campus just east of the City of Coatesville, into the current CASH building. The current high school campus contains a large amount of land, much of it forested hillside, abutting the nearby Veteran's Hospital. The old stone house that had belonged to the previous owners became part of the district administration and remained on the campus. Several CCIU facilities are located on the high school campus, including the Center for Arts and Technology (CAT), a vocational school for county high schoolers.
- During the early 1990s, the high school expanded and the CAIHS building was constructed on the site of the former football stadium, and became home to the 9th and 10th grades. CASH remained the home for the 11th and 12th grades, and a new football stadium was constructed on what had been parking lots. The CAIHS building (or 9/10 Center) was not designed for the site, but instead used a predesigned building. An artificial hill had to be constructed to accommodate this building layout, and this caused major settlement issues following the building's construction. Most of these problems were resolved by ground and foundation repairs in the early years of the building, however the building continues to be monitored, and several crack gauges can be found all over the building's walls. Until the building was renamed the 9/10 Center in 2002, it was typically referred to by the nickname Chaos, a mispronunciation of the building's actual name, CAIHS, and a reference to the highly rowdy nature of the building, which was often overcrowded. The connotations associated with a high school containing two buildings bearing the common names of Chaos and Cash were a large motivator for the renaming of the buildings into the 9/10 Center and 11/12 Center (a name that has yet to stick).
- Although certain grades are assigned to each of the two buildings, class scheduling, facility location, and necessity creates some student flow between the buildings between classes, which has been a source of problems over the years for the school administration. These have included traffic problems (the pathways cross a campus through road), crime, and tardiness of those crossing between buildings. To combat these issues the high school has tried various methods including installing cameras and posting campus police at the crossing, as well as altering the class schedule to allow sufficient time to cross between buildings.
- Since the 1980s, the district has seen explosive growth, and by the early 2000s the high school had already outgrown its second building, prompting debate over another expansion. The leading choice has long been to create a second high school, most likely on another campus containing the Rainbow Elementary School on the west side of the city, however no decision has so far been made.
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| About This Zip Code (19320) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
41,609 people |
11,396,563 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
24% |
22% |
| Population Average Age |
36 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.7 persons
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2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$49,649
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$41,073 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.1 rooms |
5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
44 years old |
51 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
75% / 25% |
69% / 31% |
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