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Enrollment
1,359
High
DISTRICT 1,138 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST STROUDSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420867006935
East Stroudsburg SHS South
279 N Courtland St, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 · (570) 424-8471 · Monroe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,359 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- CTest 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
14.6:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
686 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 315 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 337 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 349 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 358 | 26% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
49.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.6pp since 2023
Math
27.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 27.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 35.2% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 East Stroudsburg SHS South
East Stroudsburg SHS South's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Stroudsburg SHS South this school | 1,359 | 50.5% | 43.1% |
| Stroudsburg High School Stroudsburg | 1,196 | 47.7% | 62.8% |
| East Stroudsburg SHS North Dingmans Ferry | 917 | 53.4% | 40.8% |
| West York Area High School York | 851 | 53.1% | 49.8% |
| Stroudsburg Junior High School Stroudsburg | 721 | 51.9% | 45.5% |
| York County School of Technology York | 1,615 | 52.1% | 34.8% |
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 East Stroudsburg SHS South ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #395 of 576 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #436 of 626 ▼ 96 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #427 of 626 ▼ 139 | #7 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,359 | #100 of 713 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #381 of 601 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #11 of 604 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #349 of 619 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #182 of 221 | N/A |
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
1,359
+40 (+3%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,002
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 1,359 | 93 | 14.6:1 | 50% (686) |
| 2023-24 | 1,320 | 93.5 | 14.1:1 | 52% (686) |
| 2022-23 | 1,338 | 92 | 14.5:1 | 48% (644) |
| 2020-21 | 1,319 | 89 | 14.8:1 | 39% (514) |
| 2017-18 | 1,329 | 86 | 15.4:1 | 41% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 1,362 | 98 | 13.9:1 | 41% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 1,520 | 106 | 14.3:1 | 40% (608) |
| 2000-01 | 1,293 | 83 | 15.6:1 | 13% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 1,002 | 72 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Stroudsburg SHS South.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,329 to 1,359); teachers up 8% (86 to 93).
About East Stroudsburg SHS South
At 279 N Courtland St in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg SHS South operates as a large high school. A total of 1,359 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students, so this school is 84% above average.
East Stroudsburg Area SD is made up of 10 schools with 6,353 students in all.
The most common group at East Stroudsburg SHS South is White students, at 40%. It is also 23% Black, 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Native American. Monroe County's residents are about 64% White, 23 points above the school's share. East Stroudsburg SHS South's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
East Stroudsburg SHS South operates with 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.6:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. About 50% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 74% average for public schools in Monroe County is 24 points higher.
East Stroudsburg SHS South is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, East Stroudsburg SHS South is 12.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.1% actual, 56.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
According to the American Community Survey, in Monroe County, the median household income is $83,565, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 29 public schools in Monroe County, enrolling about 20,752 students in all.
The closest public school to East Stroudsburg SHS South is J M Hill Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. East Stroudsburg SHS South is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 43.1% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 1,319.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,515
Census ACS
Median income
$83,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
20,752 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Stroudsburg Area SD
- East Stroudsburg SHS NorthHigh · 917 students
- J T Lambert Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- East Stroudsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 603 students
- Lehman Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- J M Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Middle Smithfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other schools in East Stroudsburg
- J T Lambert Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- East Stroudsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 603 students
- J M Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Middle Smithfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- Resica Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Nearby schools
- J M Hill Elementary School0.4 mi · 471
- East Stroudsburg Elementary School1.1 mi · 603
- J T Lambert Intermediate School1.3 mi · 907
- B F Morey Elementary School1.8 mi · 228
- Stroudsburg High School1.8 mi · 1,196
- Arlington Heights Elementary School2.1 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About East Stroudsburg SHS SouthHow large is East Stroudsburg SHS South?
East Stroudsburg SHS South enrolls approximately 1,359 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does East Stroudsburg SHS South serve?
East Stroudsburg SHS South serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at East Stroudsburg SHS South?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at East Stroudsburg SHS South.
How diverse is East Stroudsburg SHS South?
East Stroudsburg SHS South reports a student body of 40% White, 19% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees East Stroudsburg SHS South?
East Stroudsburg SHS South is overseen by East Stroudsburg Area SD in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.