COLLEGIUM CHARTER SCHOOL Go back
535 JAMES HANCE CT
EXTON, PA 19341
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Phone: 610-903-1300
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating: 5
  • Educational Climate: High
  • Technology Measure: High
  • Type: Public
  • Grades: Kindergarten - 12th Grade
  • District: West Chester Area School District
  • Students/Teacher: NOT REPORTED
  • Students/Grade: 92.3
  • Number Students: 1200
  • Number Teachers: NOT REPORTED
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  • Expense/Pupil: $7,500.00 - 8,199.99
  • Poverty Level: 0 - 5.9 PERCENT
  • Number Computers: 360
  • Number PCs: 360
  • Number Macs: 0
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  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
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School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (47 ratings)
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    School Reviews (34 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-11-09
    "I know that the transition for my daughter, once a 3rd grdr going into 4th, was a bit tough for her also. The teachers are all business starting in 4th grd, no more coddling. She was upset that the teacher wouldn't give out as much private info about her family & everyday goings on...it was about teaching the kids what they were there for, to learn.( in my eyes) this IS how life is. It's not always going to be the way you want or expect it to be, kids need to learn this. She is now a 5th grdr & loves her teacher as much as she loved her 2nd/3rd grd teacher. so she learned a life lesson, what's so bad about that!"
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    Posted 2011-11-09
    "I also have a 4th grader at CCS, but mine has been a very different experience than the "1 star" post from yesterday. My daughter loves school & is thriving this year. It's true that appropriate behavior is expected, but I don't see that as being a huge change from K-3. I also happen to view it as a positive thing. I'm glad that a parent who does not expect his or her child to behave in school is not comfortable there & is looking to move those children, although I think they'll have problems wherever they end up. The complaint about Spanish being required makes it clear that parent didn't do any homework when the kids were enrolled. Spanish in K-12 is part of Collegium's charte. That is well advertised in the information they provide on the website & other sources and is one of the reasons many of us chose CCS. That post sounds like a CASD parent who wants more from the school but doesn't want to put in any effort. 4th grade is not supposed to be daycare! My advice would be not to bother waiting to relocate; your kids will fit right in at a local CASD school. In any other local district, the expectations will be too high for them and for you."
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    Posted 2011-11-08
    "I have been extremely disappointed in the curriculum and treatment of the children once the transistion into the Intermediate School. My child's self esteem has been directly affected. The teachers are overly harsh and forgetting they are still children. The write children up for the silliest things. Instead of the teachers asking themselves how they can manage their classroom more effectively the blame the children. They make Spanish class manadtory for children who are struggling to read, no wonder there are behavior problems. Their goal is to fill the school with Teacher's Pets, everyone else is treated harshly and made to feel unwelcome. As soon as we can relocate to a better school district we are pulling our child out of Collegium. I would not recommend this school if your child is in grade 4 or above."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-03-08
    "My daughter went to Collegium for kindergarten. We chose the school because it was a full day kindergarten that offered specials such as Spanish, art and music. On a positive note I will say that they taught my daughter to read. She finished kindergarten ahead of grade level. However, she hated the experience at Collegium and it really turned her off to school. The curriculum is very "worksheet driven." It is not in any way creative. At the time she attended the reading curriculum was also one size fits all (2009-2010). Meaning that in a classroom that was purposely differentiated to have kids at the top and the bottom of the spectrum, everyone had to progress at the same pace. This made my daughter think that reading was boring. I've heard that this changed but I cannot verify that. The other more significant problem we had was that classroom behavior was terrible. Students were very disruptive and always in trouble. The class didn't seem to learn anything in Spanish because the Sp. teacher couldn't control the class. My daughter's teacher confirmed that this was typical of all the classes she had taught at Collegium. The school also lacked community. Students come from all over."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-02-04
    "First of this is a great school. I have three kids here and they have been here for 6 years. Secondly, the person who said they have the worst test scores in the state is lying and does not know their facts. This school is way ahead of the other schools in the area when it comes to academics,etc. The teachers are great! Young and eager to teach with tons of new ideas that the school allows them to try not like the public schools doing the same thing for 60 years. All the kids know each other in all the grades as well as the teachers so the children feel like they belong not like a # in those gigantic high schools where there are a 1,000 kids. Do not confuse this school with Graystone they are nothing alike. Collegium is how to do a Charter school right!"
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