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Enrollment
2,256
High
DISTRICT 1,218 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORRISTOWN AREA SD·NCES 421698006729
Norristown Area High School
1900 Eagle Dr, Norristown, PA 19403 · (610) 630-5090 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,256 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.8:1
135 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
2,276 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 692 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 574 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 501 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 489 | 22% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.7% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 11.5% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Norristown Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #505 of 576 | #22 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #465 of 626 ▲ 79 | #21 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #523 of 626 ▲ 40 | #22 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,256 | #27 of 713 | #4 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #513 of 601 | #21 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #85 of 604 | #8 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #95 of 619 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.6% | #16 of 221 | #2 of 16 |
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
2,256
+252 (+13%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,515
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 2,256 | 134.5 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 2,273 | 129.6 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 2,309 | 120 | 19.2:1 | 83% (1,918) |
| 2020-21 | 2,004 | 118 | 17.0:1 | 72% (1,443) |
| 2017-18 | 1,714 | 111.2 | 15.4:1 | 84% (1,438) |
| 2015-16 | 1,658 | 122 | 13.6:1 | 75% (1,240) |
| 2010-11 | 1,871 | 140 | 13.4:1 | 60% (1,129) |
| 2000-01 | 1,712 | 110 | 15.6:1 | 36% (618) |
| 1990-91 | 1,515 | 113 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norristown Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (1,714 to 2,256); teachers up 21% (111.2 to 134.5).
About Norristown Area High School
Norristown Area High School is a large high school in Norristown, Pennsylvania, under Norristown Area SD. The school counted 2,256 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 206% larger than the average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Norristown Area SD has a total of 12 schools and 7,617 students, Norristown Area High School among them.
At Norristown Area High School, 55% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 26% Black, 10% White, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Montgomery County is roughly 7% Hispanic. The diversity index for Norristown Area High School is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 134.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 4.0 students per teacher.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Norristown Area High School outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Norristown Area High School is 9.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census data for Montgomery County show median household income comes to about $113,915, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 160 public schools in the county, enrolling about 115,302, Norristown Area High School among them.
Whitehall Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Norristown Area High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Norristown Area High School is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Norristown Area High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 13% rise took enrollment from 2,004 in 2020-21 to 2,256 in 2024-25.
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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 Norristown Area SD
- East Norriton Middle SchoolMiddle · 836 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Blockson Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Marshall Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Paul V Fly Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
Other schools in Norristown
- East Norriton Middle SchoolMiddle · 836 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Blockson Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Marshall Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Paul V Fly Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Whitehall Elementary School0.2 mi · 503
- Paul V Fly Elementary School0.7 mi · 452
- Marshall Street Elementary School1.3 mi · 585
- Blockson Middle School1.4 mi · 695
- Eisenhower Middle School1.7 mi · 781
- Roosevelt Campus of the Norristown Area High School1.9 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About Norristown Area High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Norristown Area High School?
Norristown Area High School enrolls approximately 2,256 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Norristown Area High School serve?
Norristown Area High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norristown Area High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norristown Area High School is approximately 16.8:1 (135 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Norristown Area High School?
Student demographics at Norristown Area High School are roughly 10% White, 55% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Norristown Area High School public or private?
Norristown Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Norristown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.