Our District
Who We Are
The Fox Chapel Area School District is a nationally recognized, award-winning school district located in a dynamic suburban community about 10 miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh. The district comprises six municipalities: Aspinwall, Blawnox, Fox Chapel, and Sharpsburg boroughs, and Indiana and O'Hara townships. The district serves an area of about 36 square miles with approximately 30,000 residents. The population represents a wide range of social, economic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. The school district provides a comprehensive array of educational opportunities to fulfill the needs of this diverse population and to meet the high expectations of its residents.
Mission & Vision
Our Pillars
Our Beliefs
We believe that:
• All students want to learn, are capable of learning, and share in the responsibility for their education.
• Contributing partners in the educational process include all district staff, students, families, and the community.
• Responsive schools take a leading role in promoting safety and wellness.
• Educators must be knowledgeable and current in their profession, discipline, and pedagogy.
• It is important for each member of the educational community to recognize and respect all forms of diversity.
• Effective schools are built upon integrity and foster respectful, inclusive, and dynamic environments.
• Schools of excellence have effective educational leaders.
• Fiscal decisions must effectively balance the educational needs of the students and the resources of the community.
By the Numbers
Comprehensive Plan
The Fox Chapel Area School District's new comprehensive plan was completed during the 2025-2026 school year and is good through 2029.
Awards We've Won
The Fox Chapel Area School District is consistently recognized on local, state, and national levels for its exemplary educational and extracurricular opportunities.
- All six Fox Chapel Area schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools. Dorseyville Middle School was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2024.
- In January 2024, Dorseyville Middle School was named among the Don Eichhorn: Schools to Watch. DMS was also recognized as an Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) 2024 School of Distinction, as well as an Apple Distinguished School for the 2024-2027 term, both in August 2024.
- FCASD receives an “A+ Overall Niche Grade” from Niche and also ranks among top 10 school districts in Pennsylvania in Niche rankings.
- In the 2026 Pittsburgh Business Times rankings, the Fox Chapel Area School District placed No. 1 in Southwestern Pennsylvania and No. 1 in the state of Pennsylvania.
- FCASD was accepted into the prestigious Digital Promise’s League of Innovative Schools in 2016.
- For more than a decade, the FCASD has been named among the Best Communities for Music Education by the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Foundation.
- Fox Chapel Area High School was awarded Silver Medal rankings by U.S. News & World Report and consistently ranked among the nation’s top high schools by Newsweek.
- FCAHS was named among the 2017 Washington Post’s America’s Most Challenging High Schools.
- Fox Chapel Area High School was the first school, nationally and internationally, to receive the vaunted Program of Distinction status in school counseling from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. The high school also received the Program of Distinction in the Visual Arts by the Middle States Association. Again, FCAHS was the first school – nationally and internationally – to receive the honor. FCAHS' music department has also received Program of Distinction status in music from the Middle States Association.