Hatboro-Horsham SHS

As an expansive four-year high school in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Hatboro-Horsham SHS teaches 1,336 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Hatboro-Horsham SD. Enrollment runs roughly 81% above the state mean of about 738.

Hatboro-Horsham SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,179 students. Hatboro-Horsham SHS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hatboro-Horsham SHS shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hatboro-Horsham SHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 60.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Hatboro-Horsham SHS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Simmons El Sch, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hatboro-Horsham SHS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hatboro-Horsham SHS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hatboro-Horsham SHS's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,572 (now 1,336). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 7% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.