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Enrollment
703
High
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCTORARA AREA SD·NCES 421803001414
Octorara Area JSHS
226 Highland Rd, Atglen, PA 19310 · (610) 593-8223 · Chester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- CTest 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
14.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
700 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 194 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 181 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 199 | 28% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 Octorara Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +26.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 up about 27 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 15.0% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Octorara Area JSHS
Octorara Area JSHS's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octorara Area JSHS this school | 703 | 99.6% | 39.8% |
| Dover Area High School Dover | 979 | 98.7% | 57.0% |
| Northern Lehigh SHS Slatington | 502 | 95.8% | 47.1% |
| Mid Valley Secondary Center Throop | 898 | 98.2% | 48.5% |
| Shamokin Area High School Shamokin | 675 | 98.5% | 34.9% |
| Mount Carmel Area High School Mount Carmel | 503 | 98.6% | 38.2% |
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 Octorara Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #435 of 576 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #281 of 626 ▲ 241 | #14 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #393 of 626 ▲ 59 | #15 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 703 | #275 of 713 | #17 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #372 of 601 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #176 of 604 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #126 of 619 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.8% | #9 of 373 | #1 of 8 |
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
703
-375 (-35%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 703 | 48.5 | 14.5:1 | 100% (700) |
| 2023-24 | 1,027 | 67.9 | 15.1:1 | 100% (1,024) |
| 2022-23 | 1,071 | 69 | 15.5:1 | 43% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 1,078 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 37% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 1,131 | 69.1 | 16.4:1 | 30% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 1,142 | 72 | 15.9:1 | 31% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 881 | 45 | 19.6:1 | 23% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 689 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 8% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 42 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Octorara Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (1,131 to 703); teachers down 30% (69.1 to 48.5).
About Octorara Area JSHS
Octorara Area JSHS is a high school located in Atglen, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 703 students enrolled.
Octorara Area JSHS sits within Octorara Area SD, which has 5 schools and 1,968 students.
About 70% of the student body at Octorara Area JSHS is White. Other students are 18% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Octorara Area JSHS are from different groups.
With 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.5:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Octorara Area JSHS, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Chester County average 38%.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Octorara Area JSHS outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Octorara Area JSHS is 4.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 39.8% actual, 34.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Chester County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $127,208 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Chester County number 111, with about 83,468 students.
Octorara Area Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Octorara Area JSHS, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 4. The school's 39.8% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 35%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.5 students per teacher, compared with 15.8 in 2020-21.
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Chester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,840
Census ACS
Median income
$127,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
83,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Octorara Area SD
- Octorara Primary LCElementary · 412 students
- Octorara Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
- Octorara Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 279 students
- Octorara Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Atglen
- Octorara Primary LCElementary · 412 students
- Octorara Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
- Octorara Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 279 students
- Octorara Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Nearby schools
- Octorara Area Middle School0.0 mi · 304
- Octorara Elementary School0.3 mi · 270
- Octorara Intermediate School0.3 mi · 279
- Octorara Primary LC0.4 mi · 412
- Rainbow Elementary School6.3 mi · 684
- Kings Highway Elementary School6.8 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Octorara Area JSHSWhat is the total enrollment at Octorara Area JSHS?
Octorara Area JSHS enrolls approximately 703 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Octorara Area JSHS serve?
Octorara Area JSHS serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Octorara Area JSHS have?
Octorara Area JSHS employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Octorara Area JSHS?
At Octorara Area JSHS, the student body is approximately 70% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Octorara Area JSHS?
Octorara Area JSHS is overseen by Octorara Area SD in Chester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.