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Enrollment
1,676
High
DISTRICT 814 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORNWALL-LEBANON SD·NCES 420684004800
Cedar Crest High School
115 E Evergreen Rd, Lebanon, PA 17042 · (717) 272-2033 · Lebanon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,676 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.8:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
729 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 421 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 454 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 396 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 405 | 24% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 Cornwall-Lebanon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
48.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.9% | 49.6% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Cedar Crest High School
Cedar Crest High School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Crest High School this school | 1,676 | 43.5% | 59.8% |
| William Tennent High School Warminster | 1,710 | 48.8% | 49.0% |
| Penn Manor High School Millersville | 1,807 | 49.6% | 68.8% |
| Exeter Twp SHS Reading | 1,312 | 39.8% | 61.3% |
| Hempfield SHS Landisville | 2,281 | 40.6% | 71.8% |
| Cedar Cliff High School Camp Hill | 1,333 | 41.8% | 50.8% |
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 Cedar Crest High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lebanon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #173 of 576 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #211 of 626 ▼ 38 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #197 of 626 ▼ 9 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,676 | #57 of 713 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #460 of 601 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #154 of 604 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #422 of 619 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.0% | #62 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
1,676
+128 (+8%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 1,157
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,676 | 106 | 15.8:1 | 43% (729) |
| 2023-24 | 1,648 | 103 | 16.0:1 | 44% (729) |
| 2022-23 | 1,633 | 95 | 17.2:1 | 34% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 1,548 | 98 | 15.8:1 | 32% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 1,470 | 99.5 | 14.8:1 | 30% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 1,466 | 97 | 15.1:1 | 32% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 1,527 | 102 | 15.0:1 | 21% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 1,453 | 91 | 16.0:1 | 9% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 1,157 | 79 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Crest High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,470 to 1,676); teachers up 7% (99.5 to 106).
About Cedar Crest High School
Cedar Crest High School is a high-enrollment high school based in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 1,676 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 127% higher.
Cedar Crest High School is a school in Cornwall-Lebanon SD. The district has 6 schools and 4,881 students.
Cedar Crest High School's enrollment is 68% White. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. In Lebanon County overall, about 81% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Cedar Crest High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
The school reported 106 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.8:1. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 43% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Lebanon County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
allk12 grades Cedar Crest High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cedar Crest High School's results are within a point of predicted: 59.8% against 59.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lebanon County show that median household income is about $78,425, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 37 public schools in Lebanon County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,804.
The shortest distance from Cedar Crest High School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Cedar Crest Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Cedar Crest High School places 2nd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Cedar Crest High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Cedar Crest High School saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lebanon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
144,186
Census ACS
Median income
$78,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,804 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cornwall-Lebanon SD
- Cedar Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- South Lebanon Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Cornwall Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Ebenezer Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Union Canal Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other schools in Lebanon
- Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,393 students
- Cedar Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- Lebanon Junior High SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- South Lebanon Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Crest Middle School0.2 mi · 1,224
- Lebanon Junior High School1.4 mi · 693
- Lebanon SHS1.6 mi · 1,393
- South Lebanon Elementary School1.7 mi · 554
- Southeast Elementary School1.8 mi · 438
- Southwest Elementary School2.0 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Crest High SchoolHow large is Cedar Crest High School?
Cedar Crest High School enrolls approximately 1,676 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Cedar Crest High School serve?
Cedar Crest High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Crest High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Crest High School is approximately 15.8:1 (106 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar Crest High School?
At Cedar Crest High School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cedar Crest High School public or private?
Cedar Crest High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cornwall-Lebanon SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.