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Enrollment
1,481
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT VALLEY SD·NCES 421087001424
Great Valley High School
225 North Phoenixville Pike, Malvern, PA 19355 · (610) 889-1900 · Chester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,481 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.1:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
321 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 375 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 357 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 377 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 372 | 25% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 Great Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
66.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.4pp since 2023
What 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 67 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.5% | 66.9% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 68.3% |
% 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
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Great Valley High School
Great Valley High School's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Valley High School this school | 1,481 | 21.7% | 75.8% |
| Lower Moreland High School Huntingdon Valley | 879 | 20.7% | 68.7% |
| Conestoga SHS Berwyn | 2,264 | 10.5% | 80.4% |
| Garnet Valley High School Glen Mills | 1,485 | 16.0% | 80.0% |
| South Fayette High School McDonald | 1,143 | 16.0% | 82.1% |
| Downingtown HS East Campus Exton | 1,708 | 20.3% | 71.5% |
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 Great Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #41 of 576 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #68 of 626 ▼ 22 | #6 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #72 of 626 ▼ 12 | #7 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,481 | #74 of 713 | #6 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #481 of 601 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #60 of 604 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #583 of 619 | #11 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.1% | #48 of 221 | #4 of 9 |
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
1,481
+114 (+8%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 837
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,481 | 92 | 16.1:1 | 22% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 1,432 | 104.4 | 13.7:1 | 22% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 1,403 | 105.9 | 13.3:1 | 18% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 1,367 | 96 | 14.2:1 | 17% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 1,276 | 95.9 | 13.3:1 | 14% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 1,239 | 93 | 13.3:1 | 14% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 1,241 | 92 | 13.5:1 | 6% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 1,011 | 68 | 14.9:1 | 5% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 837 | 76 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,276 to 1,481); teachers down 4% (95.9 to 92).
About Great Valley High School
Great Valley High School is the name of a high-enrollment high school in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The school has 1,481 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 738 students on average.
Across its 7 schools, Great Valley SD enrolls 4,822 students. Great Valley High School is one of those schools.
The student body at Great Valley High School is 51% White. It is also 27% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Chester County's residents are about 77% White, 26 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Great Valley High School totals 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 22% of students (321) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Chester County is 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, Great Valley High School lands at A, ahead of 90% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The model predicts 68.3% for a school in Pennsylvania with Great Valley High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Great Valley High School posts 75.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Chester County show that median household income comes to about $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chester County counts 111 public schools with about 83,468 students.
Among nearby public schools, Great Valley Middle School is closest at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Great Valley High School is 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,481 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,367. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.2:1 in 2020-21, and 16.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Chester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,840
Census ACS
Median income
$127,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
83,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Great Valley SD
- Great Valley 5/6 CenterMiddle · 756 students
- Great Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- General Wayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Sugartown Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Charlestown Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in Malvern
- Great Valley 5/6 CenterMiddle · 756 students
- Great Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- General Wayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Sugartown Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Charlestown Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Great Valley Middle School0.2 mi · 754
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary School1.1 mi · 426
- Great Valley 5/6 Center1.1 mi · 756
- Charlestown Elementary School2.1 mi · 414
- Exton Elementary School3.7 mi · 533
- Sugartown Elementary School3.7 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Great Valley High SchoolHow large is Great Valley High School?
Great Valley High School enrolls approximately 1,481 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Great Valley High School serve?
Great Valley High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Great Valley High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Great Valley High School is approximately 16.1:1 (92 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Great Valley High School?
At Great Valley High School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 27% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Great Valley High School public or private?
Great Valley High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Great Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.