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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 2 November 202640 issues · 92 checks

This review found 40 issues worth fixing on wcasd.net, 18 of them high impact, across 92 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
3.2 s2.2 sMay 16Oct 312.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.8 s
May 23, 20262.8 s
May 30, 20262.7 s
Jun 6, 20262.7 s
Jun 13, 20262.7 s
Jun 20, 20262.7 s
Jun 27, 20262.8 s
Jul 4, 20262.9 s
Jul 11, 20263.1 s
Jul 18, 20262.9 s
Jul 25, 20262.7 s
Aug 1, 20262.6 s
Aug 8, 20262.4 s
Aug 15, 20262.4 s
Aug 22, 20262.4 s
Aug 29, 20262.4 s
Sep 5, 20262.4 s
Sep 12, 20262.4 s
Sep 19, 20262.4 s
Sep 26, 20262.3 s
Oct 3, 20262.4 s
Oct 10, 20262.4 s
Oct 17, 20262.4 s
Oct 24, 20262.4 s
Oct 31, 20262.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
157 ms130 msMay 16Oct 31134 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026144 ms
May 23, 2026145 ms
May 30, 2026146 ms
Jun 6, 2026145 ms
Jun 13, 2026142 ms
Jun 20, 2026139 ms
Jun 27, 2026139 ms
Jul 4, 2026137 ms
Jul 11, 2026142 ms
Jul 18, 2026134 ms
Jul 25, 2026136 ms
Aug 1, 2026137 ms
Aug 8, 2026137 ms
Aug 15, 2026137 ms
Aug 22, 2026139 ms
Aug 29, 2026144 ms
Sep 5, 2026149 ms
Sep 12, 2026153 ms
Sep 19, 2026154 ms
Sep 26, 2026153 ms
Oct 3, 2026147 ms
Oct 10, 2026142 ms
Oct 17, 2026137 ms
Oct 24, 2026133 ms
Oct 31, 2026134 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of wcasd.net (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. wcasd.net at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. wcasd.net at 1.2 s1.2 s
  3. wcasd.net at 1.8 s1.8 s
  4. wcasd.net at 2.4 s2.4 s
  5. wcasd.net at 3.0 s3.0 s
  6. wcasd.net at 3.6 s3.6 s
  7. wcasd.net at 4.2 s4.2 s
  8. wcasd.net at 4.8 s4.8 s

Speed

14 to fix26
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    6.6 s · 1.3 MB

    About 1.3 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 6.6 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    5.3 s · 941 KiB

    20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (941 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.3 s

    8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.3 s.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    1.5 s · 155 KiB

    About 155 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.

  • audioeye.com adds 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    audioeye.com costs a phone 1.5 s of main-thread work and 302 KiB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Mobile performance score: 26

    26/100

    Your mobile performance score is 26. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 7.2 s

    A phone's processor spends 7.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (audioeye.com, Google Tag Manager and smore.com and others), adding 4.7 MB and 2.4 s of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    750 ms · 118 KiB

    4 images could be 118 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.

  • smore.com adds 239 ms

    239 ms

    smore.com costs a phone 239 ms of main-thread work and 3.2 MB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 384 ms

    384 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 384 ms of main-thread work and 506 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • 16 long tasks on the main thread

    16 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 365 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 2,530 HTML elements

    The page has 2,530 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Google Fonts adds 2 ms

    2 ms

    Google Fonts costs a phone 2 ms of main-thread work and 342 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 39 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 39 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    100 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).

  • Chained critical requests

    Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

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  • Server response: 11 ms

    11 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 11 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix67
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 27.3 s

    27.3 s

    Your largest element takes 27.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.

  • Speed Index: 18.5 s

    18.5 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 18.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 32.8 s

    32.8 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 32.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 7.3 s

    7.3 s

    The first text or image appears after 7.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.2 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user INP: 204 ms

    204 ms

    Real visitors wait 204 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.133

    0.133

    The layout shifts by 0.133 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • 1 image without width and height

    1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -8%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 144 ms to 134 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.3 s

    2.3 s

    Real visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.07

    0.07

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.07 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.6 s

    1.6 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 637 ms

    637 ms

    Real visitors wait 637 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 15% faster for real visitors

    -15%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.8 s to 2.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

Images and page weight

2 to fix60
  • Page weight: 23.4 MB in 225 requests

    23.4 MB

    Your homepage downloads 23.4 MB in 225 requests on a phone: media 16.7 MB (4), scripts 3.1 MB (102) and images 2.6 MB (56). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    50 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example PENSPRA116001ContestMeritBadge.png at 512 px wide, shown at 1 px. Resized copies would save about 50 KiB.

  • About 6.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    6.63 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 6.63 g of CO₂e: 795.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

Accessibility

5 to fixGoogle 8993
  • Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)

    Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents (1 element)

    Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • Orphan list items

    Some list items are not inside a list.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 5 form fields without a label

    5 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

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  • Every image has alt text

    All 13 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 50 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 4 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 9287
  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • No XML sitemap

    No XML sitemap at https://www.wcasd.net/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.

  • 1 link crawlers can't follow

    1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.

  • No X (Twitter) card tag

    No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.

  • 407 internal links, 100 external

    The homepage links to 407 pages on wcasd.net and 100 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • Meta description: 141 characters

    Your meta description is 141 characters: “Learn about WCASD, where we inspire students to achieve their best with exceptional academics, supportive programs, and…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Home”.

  • Title: 40 characters

    Your title is a healthy 40 characters: “Home - West Chester Area School District”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.wcasd.net/.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • No Organization structured data

    There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://www.wcasd.net/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.

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  • AI answer engines may read the site

    Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,709 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 2 pages slow to respond

    https://www.wcasd.net/our-district/schools and https://www.wcasd.net/our-team took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 199 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 7791
  • 2 third-party cookies

    2 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • 3 JavaScript errors while loading

    3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    18 of 19 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix81
  • No call to action on the first screen

    On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.

  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.

  • No opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • No map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

  • No risk reducer

    No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.

  • About 1,441 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,441 words of visible text.

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  • 12 calls to action

    The homepage has 12 calls to action, for example “Request for Level/Class Change”, “Contact Information” and “Apply Now!(opens in new window/tab)”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 4 customer or partner logos and 1 trust badge.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare Web Analytics.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 2 trackers load before any consent

    2

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.

  • 3 cookies set on arrival

    3

    Opening the homepage sets 3 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • No consent tool detected

    No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.

  • 21 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 21 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

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