Chester County has claimed the best school district in the entire nation, with Tredyffrin-Easttown beating out all others in a new ranking published by Niche.com.

The eight-school, 6,537-student Berwyn area district boasts top state test scores (91 percent proficiency in math and 90 percent in reading), college readiness (with a 0 percent high school dropout rate), a 99 percent graduation rate, SAT and ACT scores (averaging 1930 and 29, respectively), teacher quality (with a 16:1 student-teacher ratio), and student and parent reviews.

It spends $16,180 per student, and its lowest grade was a B in student culture and diversity, as 76.3 percent of students are white.

“Just 1 percent of students are English language learners, and 6 percent of them are eligible for free or reduced lunches. In Philadelphia, those numbers are 9 percent and a whopping 86 percent, respectively,” Philadelphia Magazine stated in its coverage of the ranking.

The schools that make up Tredyffrin-Easttown include Conestoga High School, Valley Forge and Tredyffrin-Easttown middle schools, and Beaumont, Devon, Hillside, New Eagle and Valley Forge elementary schools.

Check out more information on the 2016 Best School Districts in America in Philadelphia Magazine here and on Niche.com here, then see previous VISTA Today coverage of Conestoga High School’s elite Newsweek ranking here.