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Enrollment
539
High
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARTIERS-HOUSTON SD·NCES 420573009975
Chartiers-Houston JSHS
2050 W Pike St, Houston, PA 15342 · (724) 745-3350 · Washington County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
198 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 7 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 83 | 15% |
Student demographics
23%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Chartiers-Houston SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 37.4% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Chartiers-Houston JSHS
Chartiers-Houston JSHS's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chartiers-Houston JSHS this school | 539 | 36.7% | 55.1% |
| Burrell High School Lower Burrell | 566 | 38.3% | 39.0% |
| Littlestown SHS Littlestown | 532 | 34.0% | 70.7% |
| Hopewell SHS Aliquippa | 614 | 39.7% | 54.3% |
| Deer Lakes High School Cheswick | 581 | 34.8% | 54.4% |
| Montoursville Area SHS Montoursville | 570 | 33.3% | 49.5% |
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 Chartiers-Houston JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #228 of 576 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #299 of 626 ▲ 18 | #6 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #345 of 626 ▲ 1 | #9 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #383 of 713 | #5 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #331 of 601 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #355 of 604 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #486 of 619 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #213 of 221 | #7 of 7 |
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
539
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 539 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 37% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 37% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 27% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 25% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 38.5 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 37% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 31% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 20% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chartiers-Houston JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (535 to 539); teachers down 1% (38.5 to 38).
About Chartiers-Houston JSHS
Chartiers-Houston JSHS is the name of a small high school in Houston, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 539 students, from grades 7 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Chartiers-Houston SD is the district for Chartiers-Houston JSHS. It has 2 schools and 1,230 students.
The student body at Chartiers-Houston JSHS is 87% White. The rest of enrollment is 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That is close to the 90% White share among all Washington County residents. Chartiers-Houston JSHS's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 14.2:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Chartiers-Houston JSHS is 37%. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Washington County is 12 points.
Chartiers-Houston JSHS is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.9% for Chartiers-Houston JSHS. The school posts 55.1%, 6.8 points below the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Washington County show that the median household income is $78,958, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Chartiers-Houston JSHS, Washington County has 55 other public schools.
Allison Park Elementary School is located about 0.6 miles from Chartiers-Houston JSHS. The five-mile area around Chartiers-Houston JSHS holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 55.1% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Chartiers-Houston JSHS's enrollment climbed from 506 in 2020-21 to 539 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Chartiers-Houston JSHS can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,042
Census ACS
Median income
$78,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
26,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chartiers-Houston SD
- Allison Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
Nearby schools
- Allison Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 691
- Canon-McMillan Middle School1.3 mi · 836
- Canon-McMillan SHS1.7 mi · 1,660
- Western Area Career and Technology Center - Washington Cnty2.2 mi · 10
- South Central Elementary School2.2 mi · 450
- Trinity East Elementary School3.1 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Chartiers-Houston JSHSHow large is Chartiers-Houston JSHS?
Chartiers-Houston JSHS enrolls approximately 539 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Chartiers-Houston JSHS serve?
Chartiers-Houston JSHS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Chartiers-Houston JSHS have?
Chartiers-Houston JSHS employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Chartiers-Houston JSHS?
Chartiers-Houston JSHS reports a student body of 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Chartiers-Houston JSHS in?
Chartiers-Houston JSHS is part of Chartiers-Houston SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.