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Enrollment
420
High
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KUTZTOWN AREA SD·NCES 421293000816
Kutztown Area SHS
50 Trexler Ave, Kutztown, PA 19530 · (610) 683-7346 · Berks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
164 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 100 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 110 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 111 | 26% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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 Kutztown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
63.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.1% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 67.0% |
% 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Kutztown Area SHS
Kutztown Area SHS's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kutztown Area SHS this school | 420 | 39.0% | 73.0% |
| Palmerton Area High School Palmerton | 478 | 41.6% | 59.7% |
| Schuylkill Haven SHS Schuylkill Haven | 455 | 42.9% | 44.2% |
| Bermudian Springs High School York Springs | 576 | 35.2% | 50.0% |
| Susquenita High School Duncannon | 490 | 40.8% | 40.9% |
| 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 Kutztown Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #54 of 576 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #84 of 626 ▼ 31 | #2 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #84 of 626 ▼ 43 | #1 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #471 of 713 | #16 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #282 of 601 | #10 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.5% | #289 of 604 | #12 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #467 of 619 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #280 of 373 | #10 of 12 |
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
420
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 420 | 30.7 | 13.7:1 | 39% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 31.2 | 13.9:1 | 38% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 35.5 | 12.2:1 | 29% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 23% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 37.7 | 11.7:1 | 24% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 39 | 11.6:1 | 24% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 47 | 12.0:1 | 16% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 7% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kutztown Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (442 to 420); teachers down 18% (37.7 to 30.7).
About Kutztown Area SHS
Kutztown Area SHS is a small high school in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Kutztown Area SD. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 420 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738, so this school runs 43% smaller than that.
Kutztown Area SD runs 4 schools with a combined 1,352 students. Kutztown Area SHS is one of them.
The large majority of students at Kutztown Area SHS, 82%, are White. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. Berks County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Kutztown Area SHS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
Its 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. The average ratio among high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 39% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Berks County averages 67%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Kutztown Area SHS is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Kutztown Area SHS would score about 60.9%. It scores 73.0%, 12.1 points above that figure.
Census estimates describe Berks County this way: median household income is about $79,777, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 95 public schools in Berks County, with a combined enrollment of about 62,375.
Kutztown Area Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Kutztown Area SHS ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Kutztown Area SHS's location as Town: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 451 in 2020-21 and 420 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Kutztown Area SHS. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kutztown Area SD
- Kutztown Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Kutztown Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 314 students
- Greenwich-Lenhartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
Other schools in Kutztown
- Weisenberg Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Kutztown Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Kutztown Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 314 students
Nearby schools
- Kutztown Area Middle School0.1 mi · 314
- Kutztown Elementary School0.1 mi · 384
- Brandywine Heights Elementary School3.4 mi · 372
- Brandywine Heights Intrmd/MS3.7 mi · 460
- Brandywine Heights High School4.0 mi · 413
- Greenwich-Lenhartsville Elementary School4.6 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Kutztown Area SHSWhat is the total enrollment at Kutztown Area SHS?
Kutztown Area SHS enrolls approximately 420 students in grades 09-12.
Is Kutztown Area SHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kutztown Area SHS is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kutztown Area SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kutztown Area SHS is approximately 13.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kutztown Area SHS?
Kutztown Area SHS reports a student body of 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Kutztown Area SHS?
Kutztown Area SHS is overseen by Kutztown Area SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.