1
Enrollment
674
High
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMBURG AREA SD·NCES 421134000808
Hamburg Area High School
701 Windsor Street, Hamburg, PA 19526 · (610) 562-3861 · Berks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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
13.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
339 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 | 174 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 152 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 174 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 174 | 26% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 Hamburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 37.2% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Hamburg Area High School
Hamburg Area High School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg Area High School this school | 674 | 50.3% | 43.8% |
| Lehighton Area High School Lehighton | 630 | 51.7% | 60.5% |
| Milton High School Milton | 608 | 52.5% | 57.5% |
| Western Wayne High School Lake Ariel | 562 | 49.1% | 56.8% |
| Bangor Area High School Bangor | 883 | 50.6% | 61.2% |
| Eastern York High School Wrightsville | 640 | 44.8% | 68.7% |
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 Hamburg Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #388 of 576 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #406 of 626 ▼ 83 | #14 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #325 of 626 ▼ 27 | #12 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #294 of 713 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #277 of 601 | #9 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #324 of 604 | #13 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #351 of 619 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #329 of 373 | #11 of 12 |
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
674
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 999
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 674 | 49.5 | 13.6:1 | 50% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 50.5 | 13.6:1 | 49% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 50.3 | 14.2:1 | 40% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 38% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 50.4 | 13.7:1 | 33% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 48 | 15.1:1 | 39% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 826 | 52 | 15.9:1 | 27% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 5% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 999 | 59 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamburg Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (690 to 674); teachers down 2% (50.4 to 49.5).
About Hamburg Area High School
Hamburg Area High School is a high school in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Hamburg Area SD. The school counted 674 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12.
Hamburg Area High School is one of the 4 schools that make up Hamburg Area SD (2,045 students in total).
The share of White students at Hamburg Area High School is 84%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 70% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hamburg Area High School scores 27%.
The school has 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.6 students per teacher. Statewide, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. Of all students at Hamburg Area High School, 50% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Berks County report 67%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hamburg Area High School lands at C, ahead of 27% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Hamburg Area High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.8%; the prediction is 56.0%.
In Berks County, median household income comes to about $79,777, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Berks County counts 95 public schools with about 62,375 students.
Measured in a straight line, Hamburg Area Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Hamburg Area High School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. The nearest schools with test data average 50.9%, higher than Hamburg Area High School's 43.8%.
The NCES locale for Hamburg Area High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 676 students in 2020-21 and 674 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
The allk12 page for Hamburg Area High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamburg Area SD
- Tilden El CenterElementary · 562 students
- Hamburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 482 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other schools in Hamburg
- Tilden El CenterElementary · 562 students
- Hamburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 482 students
Nearby schools
- Hamburg Area Middle School0.2 mi · 482
- Tilden El Center1.4 mi · 562
- Perry Elementary School3.6 mi · 327
- Schuylkill Valley Elementary School7.4 mi · 744
- Schuylkill Valley Middle School7.4 mi · 691
- Schuylkill Valley High School7.7 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About Hamburg Area High SchoolHow many students attend Hamburg Area High School?
Hamburg Area High School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hamburg Area High School serve?
Hamburg Area High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hamburg Area High School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Hamburg Area High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamburg Area High School?
At Hamburg Area High School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hamburg Area High School in?
Hamburg Area High School is part of Hamburg Area SD.
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