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Enrollment
2,052
High
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOYERTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420396006306
Boyertown Area SHS
120 N Monroe St, Boyertown, PA 19512 · (610) 369-7435 · Berks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,052 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.5:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
619 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 1% |
| Grade 9 | 523 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 525 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 494 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 492 | 24% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 Boyertown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
60.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 60.4% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 46.4% |
% 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
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Boyertown Area SHS
Boyertown Area SHS's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyertown Area SHS this school | 2,052 | 30.2% | 62.6% |
| Pennridge High School Perkasie | 2,125 | 27.8% | 60.5% |
| Canon-McMillan SHS Canonsburg | 1,660 | 30.4% | 62.8% |
| Norwin High School North Huntingdon | 1,671 | 30.2% | 74.6% |
| North Hills High School Pittsburgh | 1,443 | 30.3% | 55.8% |
| Seneca Valley High School Harmony | 2,282 | 23.4% | 56.5% |
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 Boyertown Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #135 of 576 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #105 of 626 ▲ 108 | #3 of 18 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #176 of 626 ▲ 34 | #7 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,052 | #34 of 713 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #547 of 601 | #16 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #333 of 604 | #15 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #528 of 619 | #18 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #276 of 373 | #9 of 12 |
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
2,052
-148 (-7%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,287
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 2,052 | 117.2 | 17.5:1 | 30% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 2,162 | 118.2 | 18.3:1 | 29% (619) |
| 2022-23 | 2,158 | 119.4 | 18.1:1 | 25% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 2,200 | 133 | 16.5:1 | 21% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 2,162 | 138.7 | 15.6:1 | 20% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 1,650 | 109 | 15.1:1 | 21% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 1,699 | 113 | 15.0:1 | 14% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 1,495 | 91 | 16.4:1 | 5% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 1,287 | 85 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boyertown Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (2,162 to 2,052); teachers down 15% (138.7 to 117.2).
About Boyertown Area SHS
Families in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, are served by Boyertown Area SHS, a large high school. Total enrollment is 2,052 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in Pennsylvania have about 738 students on average; enrollment here is 178% higher.
Boyertown Area SHS belongs to Boyertown Area SD, a district of 9 schools and 6,300 students.
Of every 100 students at Boyertown Area SHS, about 86 are White. It is also 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Berks County is roughly 70% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
Based on 117.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Boyertown Area SHS has a ratio of 17.5:1. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 37 points below the 67% average for public schools in Berks County.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Boyertown Area SHS outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.7%. Boyertown Area SHS scores 62.6%.
The school's county is Berks County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Berks County number 95, with about 62,375 students.
Boyertown Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Boyertown Area SHS is 1st on average proficiency.
Boyertown Area SHS is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 2,200 to 2,052.
This page is set up for the Boyertown Area SHS community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boyertown Area SD
- Boyertown Area MS-EastMiddle · 841 students
- Boyertown Area MS-WestMiddle · 668 students
- Boyertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
- Gilbertsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Other schools in Boyertown
- Boyertown Area MS-WestMiddle · 668 students
- Boyertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Earl Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Colebrookdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Boyertown Elementary School0.5 mi · 632
- Colebrookdale Elementary School0.5 mi · 234
- Boyertown Area MS-West0.6 mi · 668
- Gilbertsville Elementary School1.4 mi · 517
- Boyertown Area MS-East2.9 mi · 841
- Pottsgrove Middle School4.2 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Boyertown Area SHSWhat is the total enrollment at Boyertown Area SHS?
Boyertown Area SHS enrolls approximately 2,052 students in grades 09-12.
Is Boyertown Area SHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boyertown Area SHS is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Boyertown Area SHS?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Boyertown Area SHS.
How diverse is Boyertown Area SHS?
Boyertown Area SHS reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Boyertown Area SHS?
Boyertown Area SHS is overseen by Boyertown Area SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.