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The fastest-growing public high schools in Pennsylvania

This ranking covers the fastest-growing public high schools in Pennsylvania, drawn from 221 qualifying public high schools. Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School leads the list at 67.2%, against a median of 7.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

221

Pennsylvania

Top Enrollment growth

67.2%

Median Enrollment growth

7.5%

FASTEST GROWING · PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School	Reynoldsville, PA	Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School	351	587	67.2%
2	West Scranton High School	Scranton, PA	Scranton SD	877	1,404	60.1%
3	West Philadelphia High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	460	718	56.1%
4	William Penn SHS	York, PA	York City SD	1,081	1,681	55.5%
5	Coatesville Area SHS	Coatesville, PA	Coatesville Area SD	903	1,366	51.3%
6	Abington SHS	Abington, PA	Abington SD	1,781	2,692	51.2%
7	Lincoln High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	1,661	2,472	48.8%
8	Reading SHS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	3,352	4,879	45.6%
9	Northern Lebanon SHS	Fredericksburg, PA	Northern Lebanon SD	696	997	43.2%
10	Washington George High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	1,257	1,755	39.6%
11	Furness Horace High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	645	896	38.9%
12	Youngsville MS/HS	Youngsville, PA	Warren County SD	260	355	36.5%
13	Altoona Area High School	Altoona, PA	Altoona Area SD	1,684	2,255	33.9%
14	Academy at Palumbo	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	916	1,225	33.7%
15	Fels Samuel High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	948	1,255	32.4%
16	Norristown Area High School	Norristown, PA	Norristown Area SD	1,714	2,256	31.6%
17	TECH Freire CS	Philadelphia, PA	TECH Freire CS	415	541	30.4%
18	Muhlenberg High School	Reading, PA	Muhlenberg SD	894	1,166	30.4%
19	Harrisburg High School	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	1,051	1,343	27.8%
20	South Fayette High School	McDonald, PA	South Fayette Township SD	895	1,143	27.7%
21	Swenson Arts and Technology High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	640	805	25.8%
22	Avonworth High School	Pittsburgh, PA	Avonworth SD	465	579	24.5%
23	Union High School	Rimersburg, PA	Union SD	232	287	23.7%
24	Butler Area SHS	Butler, PA	Butler Area SD	1,588	1,956	23.2%
25	Warrior Run JSHS	Turbotville, PA	Warrior Run SD	508	625	23.0%
26	Mechanicsburg Area SHS	Mechanicsburg, PA	Mechanicsburg Area SD	1,154	1,412	22.4%
27	Mid Valley Secondary Center	Throop, PA	Mid Valley SD	745	898	20.5%
28	Waynesburg Central JSHS	Waynesburg, PA	Central Greene SD	549	661	20.4%
29	Cumberland Valley High School	Mechanicsburg, PA	Cumberland Valley SD	2,629	3,163	20.3%
30	Springfield High School	Springfield, PA	Springfield SD	1,195	1,434	20.0%
31	South Philadelphia High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	571	684	19.8%
32	Mahanoy Area JSHS	Mahanoy City, PA	Mahanoy Area SD	456	543	19.1%
33	Hazleton Area High School	Hazle Township, PA	Hazleton Area SD	3,425	4,071	18.9%
34	Marple Newtown SHS	Newtown Square, PA	Marple Newtown SD	1,065	1,266	18.9%
35	Valley JSHS	New Kensington, PA	New Kensington-Arnold SD	764	905	18.5%
36	School of the Future	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	480	569	18.5%
37	Innovative Arts Academy CS	Catasauqua, PA	Innovative Arts Academy CS	403	477	18.4%
38	Hanover SHS	Hanover, PA	Hanover Public SD	489	578	18.2%
39	Downingtown STEM Academy	Downingtown, PA	Downingtown Area SD	815	962	18.0%
40	West Chester Henderson High School	West Chester, PA	West Chester Area SD	1,224	1,444	18.0%
41	Franklin Benjamin High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	484	570	17.8%
42	Redbank Valley High School	New Bethlehem, PA	Redbank Valley SD	459	539	17.4%
43	Upper Moreland High School	Willow Grove, PA	Upper Moreland Township SD	917	1,077	17.4%
44	Baldwin SHS	Pittsburgh, PA	Baldwin-Whitehall SD	1,414	1,657	17.2%
45	Thomas Jefferson High School	Jefferson Hills, PA	West Jefferson Hills SD	889	1,041	17.1%
46	Clarion Area JSHS	Clarion, PA	Clarion Area SD	364	426	17.0%
47	Lower Moreland High School	Huntingdon Valley, PA	Lower Moreland Township SD	755	879	16.4%
48	Great Valley High School	Malvern, PA	Great Valley SD	1,276	1,481	16.1%
49	Jefferson-Morgan MS/HS	Jefferson, PA	Jefferson-Morgan SD	331	383	15.7%
50	Upper Merion Area High School	King of Prussia, PA	Upper Merion Area SD	1,147	1,326	15.6%

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