Editing West Chester, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
===Public schools===
The [[West Chester Area School District]], an independent entity, manages the area's public school system. All of the secondary schools operated by the district serve sections of West Chester borough: they are three high schools ([[West Chester Henderson High School (Pennsylvania)|Henderson High School]], [[West Chester East High School]], [[West Chester Rustin High School|Rustin High School]]) and three middle schools (E.N. Peirce Middle School, J.R. Fugett Middle School, G.A. Stetson Middle School).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://utility.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/Utilities/PrintingTools_GPServer/x_____xnc8MobAxP9aimjKP4PJmvA..x_____x_ags_262c5a36-a69e-11ee-85d0-0afa9f6e927d.pdf|title=Attendance/District Boundary Maps|publisher=[[West Chester Area School District]]|access-date=2023-12-29}} - [https://www.wcasd.net/domain/1056 Accessed from here], PDF capture with zoom on West Chester.<br>"[https://www.wcasd.net/cms/lib/PA02203541/Centricity/Domain/1056/Secondary_Boundaries_SK8C.pdf School Boundary Adjustment Draft SK8C - Current Boundaries with Zones of Change] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926111019/https://www.wcasd.net/cms/lib/PA02203541/Centricity/Domain/1056/Secondary_Boundaries_SK8C.pdf |date=2018-09-26 }}" (Secondary). [[West Chester Area School District]]. Retrieved on September 26, 2018.</ref>

Elementary schools serving sections of West Chester borough include: East Bradford, East Goshen, Hillsdale, Greystone, Sarah Starkweather, and Westtown-Thornbury.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://utility.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/Utilities/PrintingTools_GPServer/x_____xnc8MobAxP9aimjKP4PJmvA..x_____x_ags_262c5a36-a69e-11ee-85d0-0afa9f6e927d.pdf|title=Attendance/District Boundary Maps|publisher=[[West Chester Area School District]]|access-date=2023-12-29}} - [https://www.wcasd.net/domain/1056 Accessed from here], PDF capture with zoom on West Chester</ref> Previously the following also included sections in West Chester borough: Exton<!--Proposal 13-->, Fern Hill<!--light blue-->, Glen Acres<!--Proposal 2-->, Mary C. Howse<!--Proposal 1-->, and Penn Wood<!--Proposal 3-->. Under some zoning proposals {{circa|2018}}, Exton, Glen Acres, Howse, and Penn Wood would no longer serve portions of West Chester borough.<ref>"[https://www.wcasd.net/cms/lib/PA02203541/Centricity/Domain/1056/Elementary_Boundaries_SK8C.pdf School Boundary Adjustment Draft SK8C - Current Boundaries with Zones of Change] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926111353/https://www.wcasd.net/cms/lib/PA02203541/Centricity/Domain/1056/Elementary_Boundaries_SK8C.pdf |date=2018-09-26 }}" (Elementary). [[West Chester Area School District]]. Retrieved on September 26, 2018.</ref>

===Private schools===
[[File:Darlington Seminary (History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, 1881).png|thumb|[[Darlington Seminary]] was a nonsectarian girls' school]]
[[File:St. Agnes Parochial School (West Chester, Pennsylvania) 4.jpg|thumb|St. Agnes School]]

St. Agnes School, a [[K-8 school]] of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]], is in the borough limits. It opened in 1871. {{As of|2020}} its enrollment is over 300.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saintagnesschoolwc.org/about/|title=About|publisher=St. Agnes School|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref>

There are other Catholic K–8 schools with West Chester postal addresses:

* SS. Peter and Paul School ([[East Goshen Township, Pennsylvania|East Goshen Township]])<ref name=WCareamaps>"[https://www.westgoshen.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2016/10/WCACOG-Map.pdf West Chester Area Council of Governments Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926122620/https://www.westgoshen.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2016/10/WCACOG-Map.pdf |date=2018-09-26 }}." On the website of West Goshen Township. Retrieved on September 26, 2018. Includes maps of various townships around West Chester borough.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sspeterandpaulrc.org/school/|title=School|publisher=SS. Peter and Paul Parish|access-date=2020-04-23|quote=Saints Peter & Paul School 1327 Boot Road West Chester, PA 19380}} - Compare with the township maps.</ref> was established in September 2001, with planning for the school beginning in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sspeterandpaulrc.org/school/about-us/history/|title=History|publisher=SS. Peter and Paul Parish|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref>
* SS. Simon and Jude School ([[Westtown Township, Pennsylvania|Westtown Township]])<ref name=WCareamaps/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.simonandjude.org/|title=Home|publisher=SS. Simon and Jude School|access-date=2020-04-23|quote=Saints Simon and Jude School 6 Cavanaugh Court West Chester, PA 19382}} - Compare with the township map</ref>
* St. Maximilian Kolbe School (Westtown Township)<ref name=WCareamaps/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.stmax.org/|title=Home|publisher=St. Maximilian Kolbe School|access-date=2020-04-23|quote= School Address St. Maximilian Kolbe School 300 Daly Drive West Chester, PA 19382}} - Compare with the township map</ref>

===Colleges and universities===
Much of [[West Chester University]]'s North Campus is located in the borough, south of the commercial and retail center.<ref>"[https://www.wcupa.edu/campusmap/documents/WCUNorthCampusMap.pdf North Campus Map]." [[West Chester University]]. Retrieved on October 9, 2018. See: "[https://www.westgoshen.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2016/10/WCACOG-Map.pdf West Chester Area Council of Governments Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926122620/https://www.westgoshen.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2016/10/WCACOG-Map.pdf |date=2018-09-26 }}."</ref>

[[Delaware County Community College]] is the community college system for Chester County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dccc.edu/about/locations/all-locations/chester-county-locations|title=Chester County|publisher=[[Delaware County Community College]]|access-date=2023-12-29}}</ref>

===Public libraries===
West Chester Public Library is the community library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wcpubliclibrary.org/|title=Home|publisher=West Chester Public Library|accessdate=2022-10-19|quote=415 N. Church Street West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380}}</ref> The library had its roots in a [[subscription library]] founded in 1815 by [[William Darlington]] and [[David Townsend (botanist)|David Townsend]] and dissolved in 1831. Incorporated in 1872, the library rented rooms to house its collections until March 1888, when the library opened at its current location at 415 North Church Street, on land donated by [[Hannah M. Darlington]], who also donated the Tiffany-style stained-glass windows. The architect was [[T. Roney Williamson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – West Chester Public Library |url=https://6d8de413-e321-4da7-a659-cb356a2e6d8f.usrfiles.com/ugd/6d8de4_4644a98cac064ce5a3a5068c8c25f15e.pdf |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[West Chester Public Library]]}}</ref> The library became permanently free and open to the public in 1905, coming under the authority of the borough council and school board. The library built an extension for a children's library in 1916. The West Chester Garden Club landscaped the grounds and erected a wall around the courtyard in 1934.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moore |first=Grace Brinton |title=History of the West Chester Library |date=1939 |publisher=[publisher not identified] |location=West Chester, PA |pages=1–36 |language=en-US}}</ref>