Chartiers-Houston JSHS

Chartiers-Houston JSHS is one of the compact senior highs in Houston, Pennsylvania, part of Chartiers-Houston SD, with 539 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Chartiers-Houston SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,230 students. Chartiers-Houston JSHS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Chartiers-Houston JSHS lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chartiers-Houston JSHS has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Washington County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chartiers-Houston JSHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,958 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students), Chartiers-Houston JSHS is one campus in the mix.

Allison Park El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chartiers-Houston JSHS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chartiers-Houston JSHS at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 535 students in 2018 compared to 539 in 2025.

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