Berwick Area HS

Berwick Area HS is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in Berwick, Pennsylvania, operated by Berwick Area SD. The school enrolls 692 students in grades 9 through 12.

Berwick Area HS is one of 5 schools operated by Berwick Area SD, a district that serves 2,706 students overall.

Demographically, Berwick Area HS shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Berwick Area HS logs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 104% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Columbia County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Berwick Area HS ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.1%; Berwick Area HS posts 54.3%, +21.3 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Columbia County put the typical household earns roughly $64,644 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Columbia County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,501 students), Berwick Area HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Berwick Area MS, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Berwick Area HS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.6%.

Berwick Area HS operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Berwick Area HS's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 692). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 6% to 17%.

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