Council Rock HS North

Council Rock HS North is a sizable senior high in Newtown, Pennsylvania, overseen by Council Rock SD. The school hosts 1,674 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 127% bigger than typical.

Council Rock SD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 10,391 students. Council Rock HS North is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Council Rock HS North records that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 14% Asian, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Bucks County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 13% of students at Council Rock HS North qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Bucks County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Council Rock HS North sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.0%; this one delivers 79.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bucks County indicate the typical household earns roughly $114,764 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Bucks County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), of which Council Rock HS North is one.

Nearest neighbor: Newtown MS, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Council Rock HS North. On composite proficiency, Council Rock HS North comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 72.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Council Rock HS North has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,679 students in 2018 to 1,674 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 85% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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