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What advice would you give to incoming students at Methacton HS?
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Enrollment
1,499
High
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·METHACTON SD·NCES 421425003305
Methacton High School
1005 Kriebel Mill Road, Eagleville, PA 19403 · (610) 489-5000 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,499 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.9:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
332 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 339 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 395 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 375 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 390 | 26% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 Methacton SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
59.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.8% | 52.3% |
% 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Methacton High School
Methacton High School's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methacton High School this school | 1,499 | 22.1% | 65.1% |
| Hershey High School Hershey | 1,050 | 25.0% | 78.0% |
| Harriton SHS Rosemont | 1,239 | 15.6% | 86.0% |
| Radnor SHS Radnor | 1,146 | 16.0% | 84.5% |
| Central Bucks HS-South Warrington | 1,719 | 15.1% | 73.2% |
| Lower Merion High School Ardmore | 1,674 | 21.9% | 86.9% |
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 Methacton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #107 of 576 | #10 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #110 of 626 ▲ 35 | #12 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #131 of 626 ▲ 89 | #13 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,499 | #72 of 713 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #294 of 601 | #11 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #121 of 604 | #11 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #577 of 619 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #310 of 373 | #5 of 6 |
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
1,499
-48 (-3%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,028
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,499 | 108.2 | 13.9:1 | 22% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 1,509 | 110.2 | 13.7:1 | 22% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 1,510 | 107.2 | 14.1:1 | 18% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 1,547 | 109 | 14.2:1 | 12% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 1,554 | 112.5 | 13.8:1 | 10% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 1,628 | 119 | 13.7:1 | 14% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 1,797 | 123 | 14.6:1 | 4% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 1,352 | 93 | 14.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 1,028 | 93 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Methacton High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,554 to 1,499); teachers down 4% (112.5 to 108.2).
About Methacton High School
Among the schools in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, is Methacton High School, a large high school. Enrollment totals 1,499 students across grades 9 through 12. The school is 103% above the average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
The Methacton SD system has 7 schools and 4,581 students.
At Methacton High School, 65% of students are White. It is also 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. For comparison, the population of Montgomery County is roughly 73% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Methacton High School scores 55%.
The school had 108.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 12.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 22%. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 18 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Methacton High School lands at B+, ahead of 71% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Methacton High School would be expected to post about 68.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.1%.
In Montgomery County, home to about 867,573 people, the median household earns about $113,915 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Methacton High School shares Montgomery County with 159 other public schools.
Eagleville Elementary School is the nearest public school to Methacton High School, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 65.1% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Methacton High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,499, down from 1,547 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Methacton High School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Methacton SD
- Skyview Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Arcola Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 692 students
- Worcester Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Eagleville Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Other schools in Eagleville
- Skyview Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Arcola Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 692 students
- Eagleville Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Eagleville Elementary School0.8 mi · 401
- Skyview Upper Elementary School2.3 mi · 695
- Arcola Intrmd School2.3 mi · 692
- Paul V Fly Elementary School2.4 mi · 452
- Woodland Elementary School2.8 mi · 427
- Norristown Area High School2.8 mi · 2,256
Frequently asked questions
About Methacton High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Methacton High School?
Methacton High School enrolls approximately 1,499 students in grades 09-12.
Is Methacton High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Methacton High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Methacton High School have?
Methacton High School employs 108 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Methacton High School?
Methacton High School reports a student body of 65% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Methacton High School?
Methacton High School is overseen by Methacton SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.