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Eastern York HS
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat 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 61 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Eastern York HS
As a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, Eastern York HS enrolls 640 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Eastern York SD.
Eastern York HS is one of 5 schools operated by Eastern York SD, a district that instructs 2,188 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Eastern York HS records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 45% of students at Eastern York HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, York County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eastern York HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.4%; this one delivers 68.7%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for York County put median household income runs about $84,829, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Eastern York HS is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).
Nearest neighbor: Eastern York MS, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eastern York HS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eastern York HS has shrank 9%, going from 707 students in 2018 to 640 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 89% to 83% over that span.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Eastern York HS typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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