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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Berwick Area HS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
692
High
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERWICK AREA SD·NCES 420348001605
Berwick Area High School
1100 Fowler Ave, Berwick, PA 18603 · (570) 759-6400 · Columbia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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
13.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
719 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 177 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 140 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 181 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 194 | 28% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Berwick Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
55.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +23.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.2% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 32.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Berwick Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #239 of 576 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #149 of 626 ▲ 225 | #4 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #213 of 626 ▲ 3 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #280 of 713 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #232 of 601 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #251 of 604 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #50 of 619 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #221 of 373 | 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
692
-73 (-10%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 692 | 52.7 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 49.9 | 14.4:1 | 100% (719) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 50.4 | 15.5:1 | 100% (782) |
| 2020-21 | 765 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 100% (762) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 53.2 | 14.1:1 | 50% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 52 | 14.7:1 | 48% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 915 | 76 | 12.0:1 | 33% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 1,009 | 69 | 14.6:1 | 25% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 872 | 65 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berwick Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (751 to 692); teachers down 1% (53.2 to 52.7).
About Berwick Area High School
At 1100 Fowler Ave in Berwick, Pennsylvania, Berwick Area High School operates as a medium-sized high school. The school enrolls 692 students, from grades 9 through 12.
A total of 5 schools make up Berwick Area SD, with 2,706 students enrolled.
White students make up a majority at Berwick Area High School, at 78%. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Columbia County is roughly 91% White. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 52.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Berwick Area High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.1:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Berwick Area High School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Berwick Area High School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 21.3 points (54.3% versus 33.1%), a top-10% result in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Columbia County, the median household income is $64,644, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Columbia County is home to 20 public schools and about 7,501 public school students.
Berwick Area Middle School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Berwick Area High School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Berwick Area High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Berwick Area High School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 692 students in 2024-25, 73 fewer than the 765 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berwick Area SD
- Berwick Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- East Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- West Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Nescopeck Elementary SchoolElementary · 151 students
Other schools in Berwick
- Berwick Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- East Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- West Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Berwick Area Middle School0.1 mi · 837
- East Berwick Elementary School0.2 mi · 539
- Nescopeck Elementary School1.3 mi · 151
- West Berwick Elementary School1.4 mi · 487
- Central Columbia Elementary School7.4 mi · 705
- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School7.4 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Berwick Area High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Berwick Area High School?
Berwick Area High School enrolls approximately 692 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Berwick Area High School serve?
Berwick Area High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Berwick Area High School have?
Berwick Area High School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Berwick Area High School?
Student demographics at Berwick Area High School are roughly 78% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Berwick Area High School public or private?
Berwick Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Berwick Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.