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What's the biggest difference between Central Bucks HS-South and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,719
High
DISTRICT 1,495 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL BUCKS SD·NCES 420531000785
Central Bucks HS-South
1100 Folly Road, Warrington, PA 18976 · (267) 893-3000 · Bucks County
GRADES 10–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,719 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest 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
15.3:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
259 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 10 | 553 | 32% |
| Grade 11 | 579 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 587 | 34% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
80.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
73.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +15.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 15 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.8% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 80.7% | 58.1% |
% 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
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Central Bucks HS-South
Central Bucks HS-South's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bucks HS-South this school | 1,719 | 15.1% | 73.2% |
| Council Rock HS North Newtown | 1,674 | 13.0% | 79.7% |
| Radnor SHS Radnor | 1,146 | 16.0% | 84.5% |
| Methacton High School Eagleville | 1,499 | 22.1% | 65.1% |
| Upper Saint Clair High School Pittsburgh | 1,269 | 14.3% | 84.7% |
| Downingtown HS East Campus Exton | 1,708 | 20.3% | 71.5% |
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 Central Bucks HS-South ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #53 of 576 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #32 of 626 ▲ 75 | #4 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #60 of 626 ▲ 14 | #4 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,719 | #53 of 713 | #6 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #427 of 601 | #14 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #182 of 604 | #7 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #606 of 619 | #16 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #355 of 373 | #11 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
1,719
-17 (-1%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 1,836
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 1,719 | 112.6 | 15.3:1 | 15% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 1,759 | 109.4 | 16.1:1 | 15% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 1,720 | 102.1 | 16.9:1 | 9% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 1,736 | 101 | 17.2:1 | 8% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 1,737 | 105.3 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,798 | 106 | 17.0:1 | 9% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 1,836 | 104 | 17.6:1 | 5% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Bucks HS-South.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,737 to 1,719); teachers up 7% (105.3 to 112.6).
About Central Bucks HS-South
Central Bucks HS-South is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Warrington, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 1,719 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 10 through 12. It has 133% more students than the average for high schools in Pennsylvania (about 738).
Central Bucks HS-South is a school in Central Bucks SD. The district has 23 schools and 16,879 students.
About 71% of the student body at Central Bucks HS-South is White. Enrollment also includes 16% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Bucks County, the White share is about 81%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
Central Bucks HS-South has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1, with 112.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 15% at Central Bucks HS-South. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bucks County is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Bucks HS-South lands at A, ahead of 85% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
In Pennsylvania, Central Bucks HS-South is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 73.2% actual against a predicted 71.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Bucks County show that the median household earns about $114,764 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Bucks County has 123 public schools with about 81,956 students, including Central Bucks HS-South.
Mill Creek Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Central Bucks HS-South is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Central Bucks HS-South falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,736 to 1,719, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.3:1.
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Bucks SD
- Central Bucks HS-WestHigh · 1,391 students
- Central Bucks HS-EastHigh · 1,374 students
- Holicong Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- Tamanend Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Tohickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Unami Middle SchoolMiddle · 784 students
Other schools in Warrington
- Tamanend Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 729 students
- Barclay Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Titus Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Mill Creek Elementary School0.3 mi · 729
- Tamanend Middle School1.8 mi · 901
- Titus Elementary School1.9 mi · 566
- Kutz Elementary School2.3 mi · 436
- Unami Middle School2.4 mi · 784
- Barclay Elementary School2.5 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About Central Bucks HS-SouthHow large is Central Bucks HS-South?
Central Bucks HS-South enrolls approximately 1,719 students in grades 10-12.
Is Central Bucks HS-South an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Bucks HS-South is a high school covering grades 10-12.
How many teachers does Central Bucks HS-South have?
Central Bucks HS-South employs 113 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Central Bucks HS-South?
Student demographics at Central Bucks HS-South are roughly 71% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 16% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Bucks HS-South?
Central Bucks HS-South is overseen by Central Bucks SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.