Enrollment
329
High
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JENKINTOWN SD·NCES 421242007327
Jenkintown Middle/High School
West and Highlands Avenues, Jenkintown, PA 19046 · (215) 884-1801 · Montgomery County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
87 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 7 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 17% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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 Jenkintown SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.7pp since 2023
Math
31.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 77.4% | 42.6% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Jenkintown Middle/High School
Jenkintown Middle/High School's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkintown Middle/High School this school | 329 | 26.4% | 57.2% |
| Lewisburg High School Lewisburg | 551 | 27.2% | 76.8% |
| Camp Hill SHS Camp Hill | 400 | 18.3% | 73.6% |
| Quaker Valley High School Leetsdale | 550 | 24.5% | 77.5% |
| Riverview JSHS Oakmont | 441 | 36.5% | 58.5% |
| Brandywine Heights High School Mertztown | 413 | 31.2% | 44.0% |
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 Jenkintown Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #201 of 576 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #386 of 626 ▼ 129 | #20 of 23 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #256 of 626 ▼ 154 | #18 of 23 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #534 of 713 | #22 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #171 of 601 | #5 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #139 of 604 | #13 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #559 of 619 | #15 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #148 of 221 | #13 of 16 |
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
329
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 329 | 26.3 | 12.5:1 | 26% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 29 | 10.7:1 | 28% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 29.7 | 10.2:1 | 22% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 13% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 28.4 | 11.1:1 | 13% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 14% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 10% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jenkintown Middle/High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (315 to 329); teachers down 7% (28.4 to 26.3).
About Jenkintown Middle/High School
Jenkintown Middle/High School is a public high school run by Jenkintown SD in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. It serves 329 students in grades 7 through 12. The average among high schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 738 students; this school is 55% smaller than that.
Federal data list 2 schools in Jenkintown SD, with 730 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Jenkintown Middle/High School is 67% White. The rest of enrollment is 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Jenkintown Middle/High School has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 12.5:1 comes from the school's 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 26% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Montgomery County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
allk12 grades Jenkintown Middle/High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jenkintown Middle/High School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 57.2% actual against 66.3% predicted.
Montgomery County has these Census figures: median household income is about $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The public schools of Montgomery County number 160 and enroll about 115,302.
The school nearest to Jenkintown Middle/High School is Jenkintown Elementary School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Jenkintown Middle/High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 332 in 2020-21 to 329 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students.
The Jenkintown Middle/High School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jenkintown SD
- Jenkintown Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Jenkintown Elementary School0.0 mi · 401
- Abington SHS1.1 mi · 2,692
- Wyncote Elementary School1.2 mi · 373
- Copper Beech School1.3 mi · 860
- Abington Middle School1.4 mi · 2,044
- Cheltenham High School1.6 mi · 1,450
Frequently asked questions
About Jenkintown Middle/High SchoolHow large is Jenkintown Middle/High School?
Jenkintown Middle/High School enrolls approximately 329 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Jenkintown Middle/High School serve?
Jenkintown Middle/High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jenkintown Middle/High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jenkintown Middle/High School is approximately 12.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jenkintown Middle/High School?
At Jenkintown Middle/High School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 7% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Jenkintown Middle/High School?
Jenkintown Middle/High School is overseen by Jenkintown SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.