Vaccination Rates At West Chester Schools: See Newly Revealed Data

WEST CHESTER, PA — Vaccination rates are now publicly available at public schools across Pennsylvania, including in West Chester.

The Pennsylvania Health Department's new interactive table shows what percentage of students at different schools have been vaccinated against measles, polio and other diseases during the 2025-26 school year.

Vaccination for schools in the district are listed below:

West Chester Bayard Rustin HS

• Students: 293
• DTaP vaccine: 99.0%
• Polio: 98.0%
• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella): 98.6%
• Hepatitis B: 99.3%
• Varicella (chickenpox): 98.0%
• Tdap: 98.6%
• Noncompliant with vaccinations and attending school: 0.0%

West Chester East HS

• Students: 303
• DTaP vaccine: 99.0%
• Polio: 98.7%
• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella): 98.7%
• Hepatitis B: 98.3%
• Varicella (chickenpox): 98.0%
• Tdap: 98.7%
• Noncompliant with vaccinations and attending school: 0.0%

West Chester Henderson HS

• Students: 371
• DTaP vaccine: 100.0%
• Polio: 100.0%
• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella): 99.7%
• Hepatitis B: 99.5%
• Varicella (chickenpox): 98.4%
• Tdap: 99.5%
• Noncompliant with vaccinations and attending school: 0.0%

Previously, school vaccination rates were only publicly accessible at the state and county levels. Health officials say the public deserves as much accurate information as possible in the face of misinformation and conspiracy theories that have created mistrust in longstanding medical guidance, sparking a resurgence of diseases once considered eliminated.

When 95 percent of people in a community have received the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, most people are protected through herd immunity, according to the CDC.

State health officials shared vaccination data for kindergarteners, seventh-graders and high school seniors from last school year. Enrollment figures also include home-schooled students who would otherwise attend that public school.

Here's what each listed vaccine means:

• DTaP: Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis (whooping cough) — given to babies and young children
• MMR: Measles, Mumps, Rubella
• Hep B: Hepatitis B
• Varicella: Chickenpox
• Tdap: Tetanus, Diphtheria, acellular Pertussis (whooping cough) — given to older children and adults