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Enrollment
450
High
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY SD·NCES 421686001084
New Hope-Solebury High School
182 W Bridge St, New Hope, PA 18938 · (215) 862-2028 · Bucks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- 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
11.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
70 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 116 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 112 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 107 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 115 | 26% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Hope-Solebury SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
88.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
74.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.5% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 89.8% | 69.8% |
% 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
83.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Hope-Solebury High School
New Hope-Solebury High School's state test result (83.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope-Solebury High School this school | 450 | 15.6% | 83.0% |
| Camp Hill SHS Camp Hill | 400 | 18.3% | 73.6% |
| Lewisburg High School Lewisburg | 551 | 27.2% | 76.8% |
| Avonworth High School Pittsburgh | 579 | 21.2% | 69.0% |
| Springfield Twp High School Erdenheim | 762 | 24.1% | 64.3% |
| Quaker Valley High School Leetsdale | 550 | 24.5% | 77.5% |
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 Hope-Solebury High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #15 of 576 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #26 of 626 ▲ 13 | #3 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #23 of 626 ▼ 2 | #1 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #444 of 713 | #15 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #67 of 601 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #211 of 604 | #11 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #605 of 619 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #122 of 373 | #2 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
450
-49 (-10%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 450 | 40.7 | 11.1:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 41.5 | 10.8:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 41 | 10.9:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 39 | 12.8:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 40.3 | 12.9:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 43 | 12.4:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 34 | 10.3:1 | 3% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 35 | 9.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Hope-Solebury High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (520 to 450); teachers up 1% (40.3 to 40.7).
About New Hope-Solebury High School
New Hope-Solebury High School is a public small high school in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 450 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 738.
New Hope-Solebury High School is a school in New Hope-Solebury SD. The district has 4 schools and 1,237 students.
About 75% of the student body at New Hope-Solebury High School is White. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
The school had 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. The school's 11.1:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for high schools in Pennsylvania. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 16%. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County.
New Hope-Solebury High School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for New Hope-Solebury High School is 70.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 83.0%.
Census data for Bucks County show the median household earns about $114,764 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting New Hope-Solebury High School, Bucks County has 123 public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates New Hope-Solebury High School from the closest public school, New Hope-Solebury Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. New Hope-Solebury High School's average proficiency of 83.0% compares with 53.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
New Hope-Solebury High School has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
In 2020-21, New Hope-Solebury High School enrolled 499 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 450. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.8:1 to 11.1:1.
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Hope-Solebury SD
- New Hope-Solebury Middle SchoolMiddle · 280 students
- New Hope-Solebury Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- New Hope-Solebury Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 students
Other schools in New Hope
- New Hope-Solebury Middle SchoolMiddle · 280 students
- New Hope-Solebury Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
Nearby schools
- New Hope-Solebury Middle School0.1 mi · 280
- New Hope-Solebury Upper Elementary School0.2 mi · 277
- Lambertville Public School0.9 mi · 228
- South Hunterdon Regional Elementary School0.9 mi · 265
- West Amwell School2.5 mi · 141
- West Amwell Township School2.5 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About New Hope-Solebury High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Hope-Solebury High School?
New Hope-Solebury High School enrolls approximately 450 students in grades 09-12.
Is New Hope-Solebury High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Hope-Solebury High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at New Hope-Solebury High School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at New Hope-Solebury High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Hope-Solebury High School?
At New Hope-Solebury High School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is New Hope-Solebury High School public or private?
New Hope-Solebury High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Hope-Solebury SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.