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Enrollment
2,151
High
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENSALEM TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 420333005116
Bensalem Twp High School
4319 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem, PA 19020 · (215) 750-2800 · Bucks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,151 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
147 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
2,116 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 495 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 530 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 525 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 601 | 28% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Bensalem Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 34.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bensalem Twp High School
Bensalem Twp High School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensalem Twp High School this school | 2,151 | 98.4% | 44.9% |
| Dauphin County Technical School Harrisburg | 1,187 | 99.1% | 48.8% |
| Northeast High School Philadelphia | 3,463 | 94.3% | 37.6% |
| Gamp Philadelphia | 634 | 91.0% | 78.3% |
| Scranton High School Scranton | 1,815 | 100.0% | 57.0% |
| Gateway SHS Monroeville | 1,152 | 98.0% | 59.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bensalem Twp High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #378 of 576 | #13 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #391 of 626 ▼ 40 | #14 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #298 of 626 ▲ 84 | #13 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,151 | #29 of 713 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #380 of 601 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #25 of 604 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #172 of 619 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #73 of 221 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,151
+186 (+9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 2,325
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,151 | 147.3 | 14.6:1 | 98% (2,116) |
| 2023-24 | 2,116 | 167.1 | 12.7:1 | 100% (2,116) |
| 2022-23 | 2,120 | 129.6 | 16.4:1 | 56% (1,180) |
| 2020-21 | 1,965 | 123 | 16.0:1 | 53% (1,034) |
| 2017-18 | 1,914 | 118.3 | 16.2:1 | 43% (828) |
| 2015-16 | 1,731 | 121 | 14.3:1 | 48% (824) |
| 2010-11 | 1,921 | 121 | 15.9:1 | 36% (699) |
| 2000-01 | 2,268 | 123 | 18.4:1 | 17% (375) |
| 1990-91 | 2,325 | 139 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bensalem Twp High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,914 to 2,151); teachers up 25% (118.3 to 147.3).
About Bensalem Twp High School
Bensalem Twp High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. It reported 2,151 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. By comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 738 students on average.
Bensalem Twp High School is one of the 9 schools that make up Bensalem Township SD (6,368 students in total).
White students make up 45% of enrollment at Bensalem Twp High School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 13% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 81% White among all Bucks County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
A staff of 147.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.6:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania, 12.8:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 98%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bucks County is 40%.
Bensalem Twp High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Bensalem Twp High School is 35.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bucks County show that median household income comes to about $114,764, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Bucks County counts 123 public schools with about 81,956 students.
Measured in a straight line, Benjamin Rush Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Bensalem Twp High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bensalem Twp High School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 1,965 students in 2020-21 to 2,151 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.6:1.
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bensalem Township SD
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Belmont Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Cornwells Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Robert K Shafer Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Samuel K Faust Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Russell C Struble Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Other schools in Bensalem
- School Lane CSCombined · 1,378 students
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Belmont Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Cornwells Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Robert K Shafer Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Samuel K Faust Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Rush Elementary School0.7 mi · 446
- Cecelia Snyder Middle School0.8 mi · 453
- Robert K Shafer Middle School0.9 mi · 552
- Russell C Struble Elementary School1.1 mi · 496
- Samuel K Faust Elementary School1.7 mi · 546
- Valley Elementary School2.1 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About Bensalem Twp High SchoolHow many students attend Bensalem Twp High School?
Bensalem Twp High School enrolls approximately 2,151 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bensalem Twp High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bensalem Twp High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bensalem Twp High School have?
Bensalem Twp High School employs 147 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bensalem Twp High School?
At Bensalem Twp High School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 18% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Bensalem Twp High School?
Bensalem Twp High School is overseen by Bensalem Township SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.