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What's one thing Cheltenham HS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,450
High
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHELTENHAM SD·NCES 420576003260
Cheltenham High School
500 Rices Mill Rd, Wyncote, PA 19095 · (215) 517-3700 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
107 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
684 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 | 364 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 392 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 362 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 332 | 23% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 Cheltenham SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.1pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.9pp 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 41 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.7% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.8% | 30.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Cheltenham High School
Cheltenham High School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham High School this school | 1,450 | 47.2% | 47.5% |
| Woodland Hills High School Pittsburgh | 1,006 | 66.1% | 26.0% |
| East Stroudsburg SHS North Dingmans Ferry | 917 | 53.4% | 40.8% |
| East Stroudsburg SHS South East Stroudsburg | 1,359 | 50.5% | 43.1% |
| Chichester SHS Boothwyn | 981 | 60.9% | 42.0% |
| Stroudsburg High School Stroudsburg | 1,196 | 47.7% | 62.8% |
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 Cheltenham High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #342 of 576 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #283 of 626 ▲ 112 | #18 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #343 of 626 ▼ 79 | #20 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,450 | #78 of 713 | #11 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #275 of 601 | #10 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #82 of 604 | #6 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #384 of 619 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #125 of 221 | #11 of 16 |
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
1,450
+78 (+6%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 1,182
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 1,450 | 106.6 | 13.6:1 | 47% (684) |
| 2023-24 | 1,457 | 102.6 | 14.2:1 | 47% (684) |
| 2022-23 | 1,442 | 100.6 | 14.3:1 | 37% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 1,372 | 106 | 12.9:1 | 37% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 1,365 | 113 | 12.1:1 | 24% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 1,362 | 117 | 11.6:1 | 30% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 1,479 | 114 | 13.0:1 | 16% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 1,700 | 104 | 16.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 1,182 | 97 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheltenham High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,365 to 1,450); teachers down 6% (113 to 106.6).
About Cheltenham High School
Cheltenham High School, a high-enrollment high school, is located in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 1,450 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. That is 96% bigger than the average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Cheltenham SD serves 4,140 students across 7 schools.
The share of Black students at Cheltenham High School is 56%, a majority. After that, the student body is 22% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 9% Black. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Cheltenham High School are from different groups.
With 106.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.6:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Cheltenham High School, 47% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The model predicts 57.4% for a school in Pennsylvania with Cheltenham High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cheltenham High School posts 47.5%.
The county, Montgomery County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $113,915 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Montgomery County has 160 public schools with about 115,302 students, including Cheltenham High School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Wyncote Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cheltenham High School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Cheltenham High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 1,372 to 1,450.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cheltenham SD
- Cedarbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Elkins Park SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Cheltenham Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Wyncote Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Glenside Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other schools in Wyncote
- Cedarbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Wyncote Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Wyncote Elementary School0.4 mi · 373
- Cedarbrook Middle School0.6 mi · 672
- Glenside Elementary School0.7 mi · 360
- McCloskey John F School0.9 mi · 228
- Franklin S Edmonds School1.1 mi · 391
- Hill Freedman World Academy1.3 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Cheltenham High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cheltenham High School?
Cheltenham High School enrolls approximately 1,450 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Cheltenham High School serve?
Cheltenham High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Cheltenham High School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Cheltenham High School.
How diverse is Cheltenham High School?
Cheltenham High School reports a student body of 22% White, 9% Hispanic, 56% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cheltenham High School?
Cheltenham High School is overseen by Cheltenham SD in Montgomery County.
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