Enrollment
382
High
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BRIGHTON AREA SD·NCES 421653000695
New Brighton Area High School
3202 43rd St, New Brighton, PA 15066 · (724) 846-1050 · Beaver County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- 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
11.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
375 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 9 | 100 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 98 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 87 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 97 | 25% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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 New Brighton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
36.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 41.8% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 New Brighton Area High School
New Brighton Area High School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton Area High School this school | 382 | 98.2% | 45.4% |
| Mount Union Area SHS Mount Union | 323 | 98.8% | 30.5% |
| California Area SHS Coal Center | 290 | 99.0% | 35.0% |
| Brownsville Area High School Brownsville | 457 | 93.0% | 33.5% |
| Springdale JSHS Springdale | 421 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
| Lawrence County Career and Technical Center New Castle | 418 | 94.0% | 31.8% |
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 New Brighton Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #372 of 576 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #334 of 626 ▼ 67 | #9 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #417 of 626 ▼ 3 | #11 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #499 of 713 | #10 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #109 of 601 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #225 of 604 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #181 of 619 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #181 of 373 | #4 of 9 |
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
382
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 382 | 32.6 | 11.7:1 | 98% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 33.6 | 11.2:1 | 100% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 34.6 | 11.1:1 | 81% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 86% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 34 | 12.5:1 | 87% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 52% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 44% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 41% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 37 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Brighton Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (424 to 382); teachers down 4% (34 to 32.6).
About New Brighton Area High School
New Brighton Area High School is a high school in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, reachable at (724) 846-1050. It had 382 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Federal data list 3 schools in New Brighton Area SD, with 1,230 students enrolled.
At New Brighton Area High School, 76% of students are White. Smaller groups are 15% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Beaver County is roughly 87% White. The diversity index for New Brighton Area High School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
New Brighton Area High School reported 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.7:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1. There are 375 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 98% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Beaver County averages 55%, lower than here.
New Brighton Area High School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, New Brighton Area High School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 45.4% actual against 35.5% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Beaver County show that the median household earns about $71,089 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Beaver County, 52 public schools serve about 31,222 students.
Among nearby public schools, New Brighton Area Elementary School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 39.6%, lower than New Brighton Area High School's 45.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 389 in 2020-21, 382 in 2024-25.
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Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Brighton Area SD
- New Brighton Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- New Brighton Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 290 students
Other schools in New Brighton
- New Brighton Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- New Brighton Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 290 students
Nearby schools
- New Brighton Area Elementary School0.0 mi · 558
- New Brighton Area Middle School0.2 mi · 290
- Central Elementary School1.8 mi · 466
- Beaver Falls Middle School1.8 mi · 360
- Beaver Falls Area SHS1.9 mi · 486
- Patterson Primary School2.0 mi · 141
Frequently asked questions
About New Brighton Area High SchoolHow many students attend New Brighton Area High School?
New Brighton Area High School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades 09-12.
Is New Brighton Area High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Brighton Area High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at New Brighton Area High School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at New Brighton Area High School.
How diverse is New Brighton Area High School?
New Brighton Area High School reports a student body of 76% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees New Brighton Area High School?
New Brighton Area High School is overseen by New Brighton Area SD in Beaver County.
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