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Enrollment
1,674
High
DISTRICT 1,798 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COUNCIL ROCK SD·NCES 420696005096
Council Rock HS North
62 Swamp Rd, Newtown, PA 18940 · (215) 944-1300 · Bucks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,674 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.6:1
123 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
218 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 446 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 382 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 408 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 438 | 26% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
79.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
81.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.8% | 81.3% |
| 2023-24 | 81.9% | 83.3% |
% 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
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Council Rock HS North
Council Rock HS North's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Rock HS North this school | 1,674 | 13.0% | 79.7% |
| Upper Saint Clair High School Pittsburgh | 1,269 | 14.3% | 84.7% |
| Central Bucks HS-South Warrington | 1,719 | 15.1% | 73.2% |
| Radnor SHS Radnor | 1,146 | 16.0% | 84.5% |
| Harriton SHS Rosemont | 1,239 | 15.6% | 86.0% |
| Methacton High School Eagleville | 1,499 | 22.1% | 65.1% |
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 Council Rock HS North ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #28 of 576 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #11 of 626 ▼ 4 | #1 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #69 of 626 ▼ 1 | #5 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,674 | #58 of 713 | #8 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #280 of 601 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #241 of 604 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.0% | #608 of 619 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #372 of 373 | #12 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
1,674
+86 (+5%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 2,353
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 1,674 | 122.7 | 13.6:1 | 13% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 1,623 | 125.8 | 12.9:1 | 13% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 1,622 | 127.8 | 12.7:1 | 11% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 1,588 | 120 | 13.2:1 | 10% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 1,679 | 113.1 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,724 | 112 | 15.4:1 | 8% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 2,150 | 147 | 14.6:1 | 3% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 2,748 | 150 | 18.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 2,353 | 169 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Council Rock HS North.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,679 to 1,674); teachers up 8% (113.1 to 122.7).
About Council Rock HS North
Council Rock HS North runs as a high-enrollment high school in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,674 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students, so this school is 127% bigger than average.
Council Rock SD has 14 schools and 10,391 students, and Council Rock HS North is one of those schools.
Council Rock HS North's enrollment is 78% White. The next largest groups are 14% Asian and 5% Hispanic. The White share in Bucks County as a whole is similar, at about 81%. The chance that two students picked at random at Council Rock HS North belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.6:1, with 122.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Council Rock HS North is 13%. Among public schools in Bucks County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
allk12 grades Council Rock HS North an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Council Rock HS North would be expected to post about 72.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bucks County show that median household income is about $114,764, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 123 public schools in Bucks County, with a combined enrollment of about 81,956.
The closest other public school is Newtown Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Council Rock HS North ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Council Rock HS North the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 1,588 to 1,674.
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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 Council Rock SD
- Council Rock HS SouthHigh · 1,921 students
- Holland Middle SchoolMiddle · 960 students
- Newtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Goodnoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Sol Feinstone Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
- Churchville Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Other schools in Newtown
- Newtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Goodnoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Sol Feinstone Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
- Newtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Newtown Middle School0.4 mi · 833
- Goodnoe Elementary School1.0 mi · 668
- Newtown Elementary School1.5 mi · 557
- Council Rock HS South2.0 mi · 1,921
- Rolling Hills Elementary School2.1 mi · 376
- Hillcrest Elementary School2.9 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Council Rock HS NorthHow large is Council Rock HS North?
Council Rock HS North enrolls approximately 1,674 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Council Rock HS North serve?
Council Rock HS North serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Council Rock HS North?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Council Rock HS North is approximately 13.6:1 (123 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Council Rock HS North?
At Council Rock HS North, the student body is approximately 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 14% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Council Rock HS North public or private?
Council Rock HS North is a public K-12 school, overseen by Council Rock SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.