1
Enrollment
1,189
High
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHEASTERN YORK SD·NCES 421752004577
Northeastern SHS
300 High St, Manchester, PA 17345 · (717) 266-3644 · York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,189 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% 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.
- BBeats 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
16.1:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
465 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 338 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 278 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 284 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 289 | 24% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 Northeastern York SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.8pp 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 55 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 62.2% |
% 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Northeastern SHS
Northeastern SHS's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern SHS this school | 1,189 | 39.1% | 63.7% |
| Cedar Cliff High School Camp Hill | 1,333 | 41.8% | 50.8% |
| Mechanicsburg Area SHS Mechanicsburg | 1,412 | 36.8% | 57.5% |
| Upper Moreland High School Willow Grove | 1,077 | 42.8% | 57.3% |
| Quakertown Community High School Quakertown | 1,570 | 37.5% | 54.4% |
| Hatboro-Horsham SHS Horsham | 1,336 | 37.6% | 60.7% |
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 Northeastern SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #124 of 576 | #6 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #152 of 626 ▼ 74 | #7 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #135 of 626 ▲ 35 | #5 of 17 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,189 | #131 of 713 | #7 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #479 of 601 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #146 of 604 | #7 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #466 of 619 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #136 of 221 | #6 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
1,189
+46 (+4%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 1,189 | 74.1 | 16.1:1 | 39% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 1,151 | 72.9 | 15.8:1 | 40% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 1,175 | 73.3 | 16.0:1 | 41% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 1,143 | 76 | 15.0:1 | 32% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 1,128 | 74.4 | 15.2:1 | 32% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 1,031 | 71 | 14.5:1 | 37% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 1,006 | 73 | 13.8:1 | 31% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 49 | 15.2:1 | 17% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 55 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northeastern SHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,128 to 1,189); teachers unchanged (74.4 to 74.1).
About Northeastern SHS
A high-enrollment high school in Manchester, Pennsylvania, Northeastern SHS is part of Northeastern York SD. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,189 students. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 61% bigger than average.
Northeastern SHS is part of Northeastern York SD, where 8 schools serve 3,971 students.
At Northeastern SHS, 69% of students are White. It is also 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of York County is roughly 81% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northeastern SHS scores 50%.
Northeastern SHS reported 74.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.1:1. High schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1, 3.3 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 465 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 39% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in York County averages 53%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Northeastern SHS lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Northeastern SHS's results are 2.8 points above predicted: 63.7% against 60.8%.
In York County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $84,829, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 111 public schools and about 64,242 students.
Northeastern Middle School is the nearest public school to Northeastern SHS, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 63.7% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 1,143 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 1,189 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 16.1 in 2024-25.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northeastern York SD
- Northeastern Middle SchoolMiddle · 595 students
- Shallow Brook Inter SchoolMiddle · 507 students
- Spring Forge Intrd SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Orendorf Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Conewago Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- York Haven Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other schools in Manchester
- Shallow Brook Inter SchoolMiddle · 507 students
- Spring Forge Intrd SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Orendorf Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Northeastern Middle School0.2 mi · 595
- Spring Forge Intrd School0.3 mi · 477
- Orendorf Elementary School0.4 mi · 350
- Shallow Brook Inter School0.5 mi · 507
- Mt Wolf Elementary School0.7 mi · 217
- York Haven Elementary School2.9 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Northeastern SHSHow large is Northeastern SHS?
Northeastern SHS enrolls approximately 1,189 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Northeastern SHS serve?
Northeastern SHS serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Northeastern SHS?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Northeastern SHS.
What is the student diversity at Northeastern SHS?
Student demographics at Northeastern SHS are roughly 69% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Northeastern SHS in?
Northeastern SHS is part of Northeastern York SD.
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