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Enrollment
940
High
DISTRICT 716 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANIEL BOONE AREA SD·NCES 420729004810
Daniel Boone Area High School
501 Chestnut St, Birdsboro, PA 19508 · (610) 582-6100 · Berks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL940 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.6:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
371 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 231 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 241 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 245 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 223 | 24% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 Daniel Boone Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 75.8% | 42.1% |
% 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Daniel Boone Area High School
Daniel Boone Area High School's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Boone Area High School this school | 940 | 39.5% | 56.5% |
| Sun Valley High School Aston | 1,042 | 38.9% | 51.6% |
| Upper Perkiomen High School Pennsburg | 1,021 | 35.5% | 64.1% |
| Cocalico SHS Denver | 991 | 41.4% | 66.8% |
| Greencastle-Antrim SHS Greencastle | 982 | 38.4% | 60.5% |
| Valley View High School Archbald | 747 | 37.8% | 66.5% |
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 Daniel Boone Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #210 of 576 | #9 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #168 of 626 ▲ 95 | #8 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #145 of 626 ▼ 27 | #6 of 18 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 940 | #197 of 713 | #9 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #182 of 601 | #6 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #282 of 604 | #11 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #463 of 619 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #63 of 373 | #3 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
940
-137 (-13%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 956
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 940 | 74.5 | 12.6:1 | 39% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 972 | 77 | 12.6:1 | 38% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 1,037 | 65 | 15.9:1 | 35% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 1,077 | 72 | 15.0:1 | 21% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 1,143 | 70.7 | 16.2:1 | 19% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 1,152 | 69 | 16.7:1 | 25% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 1,205 | 56 | 21.5:1 | 10% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 817 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 7% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 956 | 65 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel Boone Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,143 to 940); teachers up 5% (70.7 to 74.5).
About Daniel Boone Area High School
This page covers Daniel Boone Area High School, a mid-sized high school in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. The school counted 940 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 27% larger than the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Daniel Boone Area SD runs Daniel Boone Area High School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 2,864 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Daniel Boone Area High School, about 82 are White. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 70% White share among all Berks County residents. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Daniel Boone Area High School are from different groups.
Daniel Boone Area High School has 74.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. At Daniel Boone Area High School, 39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Berks County is 67%.
Daniel Boone Area High School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 60.7%.
Looking at the county, Berks County, median household income comes to about $79,777, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 95 public schools and about 62,375 students.
Daniel Boone Area Primary Center is the nearest public school to Daniel Boone Area High School, about 1.8 miles away. Daniel Boone Area High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Daniel Boone Area High School ranks 4th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 1,077 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 940 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 15.0:1 to 12.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Daniel Boone Area SD
- Daniel Boone Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- Daniel Boone Area Intermediate CntrElementary · 648 students
- Daniel Boone Area Primary CenterElementary · 392 students
Other schools in Birdsboro
- Daniel Boone Area Primary CenterElementary · 392 students
- Robeson El CenterElementary · 339 students
Nearby schools
- Daniel Boone Area Primary Center1.8 mi · 392
- Lorane Elementary School3.9 mi · 456
- Robeson El Center3.9 mi · 339
- Daniel Boone Area Intermediate Cntr4.1 mi · 648
- Daniel Boone Area Middle School4.3 mi · 884
- Owatin Creek Elementary School4.9 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Daniel Boone Area High SchoolHow many students attend Daniel Boone Area High School?
Daniel Boone Area High School enrolls approximately 940 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Daniel Boone Area High School serve?
Daniel Boone Area High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Daniel Boone Area High School have?
Daniel Boone Area High School employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is Daniel Boone Area High School?
Daniel Boone Area High School reports a student body of 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Daniel Boone Area High School in?
Daniel Boone Area High School is part of Daniel Boone Area SD.
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