Kutztown Area SHS

Kutztown Area SHS, a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, operated by Kutztown Area SD, works with 420 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Within Kutztown Area SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,352 students, Kutztown Area SHS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Kutztown Area SHS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Berks County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Berks County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kutztown Area SHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.0%.

Across the wider county, Berks County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,777, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Berks County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), Kutztown Area SHS is one campus in the mix.

Kutztown Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kutztown Area SHS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.3%.

Kutztown Area SHS operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Kutztown Area SHS's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 420). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 5% to 13%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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