The Great Valley School District is located on the Philadelphia Main Line in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district provides public education for students in Charlestown, East Whiteland, and Willistown townships, and the borough of Malvern. It includes the Frazer census-designated place and a portion of the Paoli CDP. The district is located in the general area known locally as Great Valley, its headquarters are in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania.
By the 1990s, when the school had three functioning elementary schools, district population growth necessitated construction of a larger middle school and addition of a fourth elementary school. Once the new middle school was completed, the General Wayne facility was closed and converted into the fourth elementary school. Thereafter, Sugartown students temporarily used the renovated General Wayne school to allow for Sugartown’s renovation and expansion. Thereafter, the high school underwent a four-year renovation that was completed during the 2006/2007 school year.
After Sugartown’s elementary renovation, reassignment of students to schools within the district was necessary. This process began in June 2004 and was implemented in time for the 2006–2007 school year. Some students throughout the district from the other three elementary schools were relocated to Sugartown.
