Total enrollment
2,555
-80 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
5 schools in Berwick Area SD
Pennsylvania · 2,706 students · 2 cities
Berwick Area SD runs 5 public K-12 schools per the latest NCES data, with combined enrollment near 2,706 and an average school size of 541.
4-year change in Berwick Area SD
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
4
-1 (-20%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Berwick Area SD ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Pennsylvania | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #221 of 356 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,706 | #179 of 479 | #3,540 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 5 | #145 of 479 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #215 of 478 | #2,954 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 96.7% | #60 of 398 | #480 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #188 of 378 | #4,316 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Berwick Area SD
State test results across the district's 5 scored schools run from Nescopeck Elementary School at 68.6% proficient to Berwick Area Middle School at 41.7%, a gap of 26.9 points. That is the 52nd widest gap among 223 Pennsylvania districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 4 district schools that reported both years went from 2,624 to 2,555 students (down 3%) and from 189 to 197 full-time teachers (up 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick Area MS | Berwick | Middle | 05-08 | 837 |
| Berwick Area HS | Berwick | High | 09-12 | 692 |
| East Berwick El Sch | Berwick | Elementary | KG-04 | 539 |
| West Berwick El Sch | Berwick | Elementary | KG-04 | 487 |
| Nescopeck El Sch | Nescopeck | Elementary | KG-04 | 151 |
About Berwick Area SD
Across 5 schools, Berwick Area SD hosts about 2,706 students in Pennsylvania. By footprint it is a small district.
For a sense of the school types, Berwick Area SD is built around 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 3%: 2,635 students in SY 2020-21 versus 2,555 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 5 to 4 across the same 4-year window.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Berwick Area SD discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.