Governor Mifflin SHS

As a sprawling 9-12 campus in Shillington, Pennsylvania, Governor Mifflin SHS instructs 1,425 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Governor Mifflin SD. Enrollment runs roughly 93% above the state mean of about 738.

Governor Mifflin SHS is one of 6 schools operated by Governor Mifflin SD, a district that works with 4,154 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Governor Mifflin SHS shows that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Berks County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Governor Mifflin SHS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Berks County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Governor Mifflin SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Berks County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,777 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Berks County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), of which Governor Mifflin SHS is one.

The closest other public school is Governor Mifflin MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Governor Mifflin SHS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Governor Mifflin SHS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.0%.

Governor Mifflin SHS operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Governor Mifflin SHS has climbed 4%, going from 1,372 students in 2018 to 1,425 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 72% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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