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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Knoch HS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
704
High
DISTRICT 504 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KNOCH SD·NCES 422193001177
Knoch High School
345 Knoch Rd, Saxonburg, PA 16056 · (724) 352-1700 · Butler County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
237 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 185 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 180 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 179 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 160 | 23% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 Knoch SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
34.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.1pp 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 34 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 25.2% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Knoch High School
Knoch High School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoch High School this school | 704 | 33.7% | 48.1% |
| Blackhawk High School Beaver Falls | 763 | 33.6% | 60.1% |
| Deer Lakes High School Cheswick | 581 | 34.8% | 54.4% |
| Lake-Lehman JSHS Lehman | 745 | 37.4% | 50.0% |
| Montoursville Area SHS Montoursville | 570 | 33.3% | 49.5% |
| Bellefonte Area High School Bellefonte | 850 | 30.2% | 56.0% |
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 Knoch High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #334 of 576 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #363 of 626 ▲ 76 | #7 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #331 of 626 ▼ 62 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #273 of 713 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #439 of 601 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.5% | #597 of 604 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.7% | #510 of 619 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #103 of 373 | #3 of 7 |
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
704
-47 (-6%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,307
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 704 | 45.8 | 15.4:1 | 34% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 33% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 47.5 | 14.7:1 | 24% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 751 | 51 | 14.7:1 | 23% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 53.1 | 15.6:1 | 19% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 53 | 17.1:1 | 25% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 951 | 58 | 16.4:1 | 20% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 1,006 | 55 | 18.3:1 | 11% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 1,307 | 77 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knoch High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (826 to 704); teachers down 14% (53.1 to 45.8).
About Knoch High School
Knoch High School is a mid-sized high school located in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 704 students.
Knoch SD is the local district for Knoch High School. It runs 4 schools with 2,015 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Knoch High School is White, at 98%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Knoch High School scores 4%.
With 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1. High schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 34% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Butler County is similar, at 37%.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Knoch High School outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.2% at Knoch High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.1%.
In the surrounding county, Butler County, median household income comes to about $89,843, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 39 public schools and about 24,616 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Knoch Intermediate Elementary School, is the closest to Knoch High School. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Knoch High School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Knoch High School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,254
Census ACS
Median income
$89,843
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
24,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Knoch SD
- Knoch Primary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Knoch Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
- Knoch Intermediate Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
Other schools in Saxonburg
- Knoch Primary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Knoch Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
- Knoch Intermediate Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
Nearby schools
- Knoch Intermediate Elementary School0.2 mi · 296
- Knoch Middle School0.2 mi · 479
- Knoch Primary School0.3 mi · 536
- Buffalo Elementary School4.4 mi · 564
- Summit Township Elementary School6.3 mi · 259
- Freeport Area Middle School6.6 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Knoch High SchoolHow many students attend Knoch High School?
Knoch High School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Knoch High School serve?
Knoch High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Knoch High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Knoch High School is approximately 15.4:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Knoch High School?
At Knoch High School, the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Knoch High School public or private?
Knoch High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Knoch SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.