Honesdale HS

Located at 459 Terrace St, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Honesdale HS is an average-sized four-year high school that works with 679 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Wayne Highlands SD.

Honesdale HS is one of 6 schools operated by Wayne Highlands SD, a district that teaches 2,322 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Honesdale HS reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Wayne County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Honesdale HS has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Honesdale HS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Honesdale HS ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.5%; Honesdale HS posts 79.0%, +21.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,381 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Wayne County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,372 students), Honesdale HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wayne Highlands MS, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Honesdale HS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 838 students in 2018 compared to 679 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 96% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Honesdale HS typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.