1
Enrollment
413
High
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS AREA SD·NCES 420405006308
Brandywine Heights High School
103 Old Topton Rd, Mertztown, PA 19539 · (610) 682-5102 · Berks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- DBeats 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
10.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
129 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 108 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 117 | 28% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Brandywine Heights Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +18.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 16.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Brandywine Heights High School
Brandywine Heights High School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine Heights High School this school | 413 | 31.2% | 44.0% |
| Carbon Career & Technical Institute Jim Thorpe | 375 | 28.3% | 48.7% |
| Oley Valley SHS Oley | 506 | 32.4% | 59.9% |
| Palisades High School Kintnersville | 465 | 30.5% | 59.2% |
| Littlestown SHS Littlestown | 532 | 34.0% | 70.7% |
| Southern Columbia High School Catawissa | 348 | 27.6% | 54.3% |
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 Brandywine Heights High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #386 of 576 | #13 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #344 of 626 ▲ 170 | #12 of 18 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #392 of 626 ▲ 29 | #15 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #478 of 713 | #17 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #38 of 601 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #370 of 604 | #18 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #522 of 619 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #196 of 373 | #6 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
413
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 413 | 39.8 | 10.4:1 | 31% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 40.9 | 10.2:1 | 31% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 42.2 | 10.4:1 | 22% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 42 | 11.1:1 | 23% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 38.9 | 11.7:1 | 22% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 42 | 12.6:1 | 23% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 15% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 12% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brandywine Heights High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (456 to 413); teachers up 2% (38.9 to 39.8).
About Brandywine Heights High School
Brandywine Heights High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Mertztown, Pennsylvania. There are 413 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 738.
Brandywine Heights High School falls under Brandywine Heights Area SD, which has 3 schools enrolling 1,245 students.
White students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Berks County, the White share is about 70%. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at Brandywine Heights High School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Brandywine Heights High School totals 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.4:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania, 12.8:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Brandywine Heights High School is about 31%. Among public schools in Berks County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Brandywine Heights High School outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 64.2%. Brandywine Heights High School posts 44.0%, 20.3 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Berks County, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Brandywine Heights High School shares Berks County with 94 other public schools.
Brandywine Heights High School's nearest public school is Brandywine Heights Elementary School (about 1.0 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Brandywine Heights High School is 9th among 9 schools close by.
Brandywine Heights High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 465 to 413, an 11% decline.
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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 Brandywine Heights Area SD
- Brandywine Heights Intrmd/MSMiddle · 460 students
- Brandywine Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Brandywine Heights Elementary School1.0 mi · 372
- Brandywine Heights Intrmd/MS1.1 mi · 460
- Kutztown Area Middle School3.9 mi · 314
- Kutztown Area SHS4.0 mi · 420
- Kutztown Elementary School4.0 mi · 384
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School4.2 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Brandywine Heights High SchoolHow large is Brandywine Heights High School?
Brandywine Heights High School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades 09-12.
Is Brandywine Heights High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brandywine Heights High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brandywine Heights High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brandywine Heights High School is approximately 10.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Brandywine Heights High School?
Student demographics at Brandywine Heights High School are roughly 88% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Brandywine Heights High School public or private?
Brandywine Heights High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brandywine Heights Area SD.
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