The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Science. The lowest is 9% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Main Street Sch
Main Street School serves students from pre-K through fifth grade in Upland, a small, dense residential borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The borough sits on the fringe of the city of Chester, with a predominantly working-class and rental housing landscape where incomes run below the county average. The school reflects its community: nearly all of its students—a very substantial share—qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the racial composition is predominantly African American, with smaller populations of Hispanic, Asian, and white students.
The school's academic performance shows a sharp split across subjects. In the 2023-24 school year, science proficiency stood at a solid level, a bright spot in the profile. By contrast, mathematics and English language arts results from the most recent testing period were quite low. In math, only a small fraction of students tested met proficiency. In reading and language arts, the proficiency rate was also well below adequate. For context, when measured against the proficiency index across all Delaware County school districts, Main Street's overall standing falls below the midpoint.
The school's enrollment is modest, sitting at a few hundred students total, distributed across the seven grades it serves. The largest cohorts are in the pre-K and kindergarten years, with smaller numbers in the upper elementary grades. No data on students with individualized education plans or English learner populations was available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about how those services are staffed and delivered.
Upland itself is experiencing a period of significant institutional change. The borough's largest employer, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, closed in May 2025 after a bankruptcy, eliminating a major source of jobs and destabilizing the local economy. New owners acquired the 64-acre hospital campus in early 2026 with plans to gradually reopen it in phases, but the timeline remains uncertain and measured in years. This backdrop of economic disruption is important context for understanding the families Main Street serves and the community conditions that shape the school's enrollment and resources.
The district itself—Chester-Upland School District—remains under state-appointed receivership as of 2025, meaning budget and operational decisions are made by a court-appointed receiver rather than an elected school board. This is the ongoing legacy of a financial crisis that prompted serious discussion of charterizing the district a few years ago; that effort was rejected in 2021, so families can expect the schools to remain part of the traditional public district. In 2022, the district acquired Widener Partnership Charter School and converted it to a public school, and Widener University extended its undergraduate scholarship to all district high school graduates who meet admissions standards—a durable benefit for families whose students advance to high school within the system.
State testing data specific to the latest school year was not available for science, and the school does not serve grades where other state assessments are given, so the science result shown is from the prior year. The school's academic needs are evident in the math and reading results, and a parent considering Main Street may want to discuss directly with the school how reading and math instruction are organized, what interventions are in place for struggling students, and what specific literacy and numeracy programs guide classroom work.
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