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Fastest-growing Pennsylvania public schools, 2017-2024

Pennsylvania public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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PENNSYLVANIA · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
251	Fairview HS	Fairview	Fairview SD	517	593	14.7%
252	Wyoming Valley West SHS	Plymouth	Wyoming Valley West SD	1,187	1,362	14.7%
253	Central Dauphin MS	Harrisburg	Central Dauphin SD	728	834	14.6%
254	Rutherford El Sch	Harrisburg	Central Dauphin SD	403	461	14.4%
255	West Reading El Ctr	West Reading	Wyomissing Area SD	271	310	14.4%
256	Clairton MS/HS	Clairton	Clairton City SD	356	407	14.3%
257	Connoquenessing El Sch	Renfrew	Butler Area SD	251	287	14.3%
258	David E Williams MS	Coraopolis	Montour SD	833	952	14.3%
259	Fink El Sch	Middletown	Middletown Area SD	225	257	14.2%
260	Shady Grove El Sch	Ambler	Wissahickon SD	611	698	14.2%
261	Cedar Crest HS	Lebanon	Cornwall-Lebanon SD	1,470	1,676	14.0%
262	Bethlehem-Center JSHS	Fredericktown	Bethlehem-Center SD	393	448	14.0%
263	Schuylkill Valley HS	Leesport	Schuylkill Valley SD	604	688	13.9%
264	South Park Elem Center	South Park	South Park SD	642	731	13.9%
265	White Deer El Sch	New Columbia	Milton Area SD	252	287	13.9%
266	Owen J Roberts HS	Pottstown	Owen J Roberts SD	1,591	1,810	13.8%
267	Neshaminy HS	Langhorne	Neshaminy SD	2,565	2,916	13.7%
268	Windber Area MS	Windber	Windber Area SD	264	300	13.6%
269	Conneaut Area MS	Conneaut Lake	Conneaut SD	359	408	13.6%
270	Heights Terrace El/MS	Hazleton	Hazleton Area SD	1,088	1,236	13.6%
271	McQuistion El Sch	Butler	Butler Area SD	439	498	13.4%
272	Lower Merion HS	Ardmore	Lower Merion SD	1,476	1,674	13.4%
273	Haverford SHS	Havertown	Haverford Township SD	1,761	1,994	13.2%
274	Fairview MS	Fairview	Fairview SD	559	633	13.2%
275	Conneaut Valley El Sch	Conneautville	Conneaut SD	331	374	13.0%
276	Level Green El Sch	Trafford	Penn-Trafford SD	238	269	13.0%
277	George Washington El Sch	Bethel Park	Bethel Park SD	277	313	13.0%
278	Park El Sch	Munhall	Steel Valley SD	301	340	13.0%
279	Cambria El Sch	Ebensburg	Central Cambria SD	480	542	12.9%
280	Woodrow Wilson MS	Erie	Erie City SD	682	769	12.8%
281	Renaissance Academy Charter School	Phoenixville	Renaissance Academy CS	1,063	1,199	12.8%
282	Springfield Twp HS	Erdenheim	Springfield Township SD	676	762	12.7%
283	South Western SHS	Hanover	South Western SD	1,225	1,380	12.7%
284	Beaver Creek El Sch	Downingtown	Downingtown Area SD	471	531	12.7%
285	Upper Darby SHS	Drexel Hill	Upper Darby SD	3,717	4,187	12.6%
286	Hazleton El/MS	Hazleton	Hazleton Area SD	795	895	12.6%
287	Swatara MS	Steelton	Central Dauphin SD	543	611	12.5%
288	Bartram John - Main	Philadelphia	Philadelphia City SD	518	583	12.5%
289	Pittsburgh Montessori K-5	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh SD	295	332	12.5%
290	Pfaff El Sch	Quakertown	Quakertown Community SD	429	482	12.4%
291	Earl El Sch	Boyertown	Boyertown Area SD	241	271	12.4%
292	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	Philadelphia	Mastery CHS-Lenfest Campus	587	660	12.4%
293	Bensalem Twp HS	Bensalem	Bensalem Township SD	1,914	2,151	12.4%
294	Camp Curtin Academy	Harrisburg	Harrisburg City SD	644	724	12.4%
295	Shikellamy HS	Sunbury	Shikellamy SD	761	855	12.4%
296	Thomas W Holtzman Jr El Sch	Harrisburg	Susquehanna Township SD	706	792	12.2%
297	Kratzer Sch	Allentown	Parkland SD	455	510	12.1%
298	Perseus House CS of Excellence	Erie	Perseus House CS of Excellence	560	627	12.0%
299	William Allen HS	Allentown	Allentown City SD	2,747	3,074	11.9%
300	Springton Lake MS	Media	Rose Tree Media SD	904	1,012	11.9%

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