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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Olney HS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,168
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899010029
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave, Philadephia, PA 19120 · (215) 400-4000 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,168 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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.
- DBeats 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
20.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,165 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 | 241 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 306 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 289 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 332 | 28% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
25.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
6.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.7% | 6.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 4.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Olney High School
Olney High School's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olney High School this school | 1,168 | 99.7% | 15.7% |
| Harrisburg High School Harrisburg | 1,343 | 99.4% | 5.4% |
| Fels Samuel High School Philadelphia | 1,255 | 98.4% | 15.4% |
| Frankford High School Philadelphia | 907 | 94.7% | 11.5% |
| William Penn SHS York | 1,681 | 95.7% | 19.4% |
| Mastbaum Jules E Area Vocational-Technical School Philadelphia | 651 | 90.3% | 20.1% |
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 Olney High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #540 of 576 | #36 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #578 of 626 ▲ 9 | #46 of 67 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #577 of 626 ▲ 1 | #45 of 67 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,168 | #136 of 713 | #9 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #577 of 601 | #48 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #96 of 604 | #23 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #117 of 619 | #22 of 67 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,168 | 55.8 | 20.9:1 | 100% (1,165) |
| 2023-24 | 1,223 | 84.2 | 14.5:1 | 100% (1,220) |
| 2022-23 | 1,196 | 23.2 | 51.5:1 | 100% (1,193) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olney High School.
About Olney High School
Olney High School serves students in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, as a high-enrollment high school. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,168 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 58% larger than the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia City SD is the local district for Olney High School. It runs 220 schools with 116,230 students.
More than half of the students at Olney High School are Hispanic (51%). The rest of enrollment is 39% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Philadelphia County's population at about 16%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Olney High School scores 58%.
The school's 55.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1. High schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1, 8.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Olney High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 15.7%, is 19.2 points below the 34.8% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census data for Philadelphia County show the median household earns about $61,953 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. There are 309 public schools in the county, enrolling about 182,005, Olney High School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Olney Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Olney High School. The five-mile area around Olney High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Olney High School comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Olney High School is City: Large.
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Philadelphia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,579,706
Census ACS
Median income
$61,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
309
182,005 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Mayfair SchoolElementary · 1,763 students
- Washington George High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
Other Olney High schools
One other US public school is named Olney High. Olney High School is the largest of the 2.
- Olney High SchoolOLNEY, TX · 183 students
Nearby schools
- Olney Elementary School0.2 mi · 654
- Morrison Andrew J School0.3 mi · 508
- Washington Grover Jr School0.6 mi · 400
- Marshall Thurgood0.6 mi · 639
- Feltonville Intermediate School0.6 mi · 517
- Barton Clara School0.6 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Olney High SchoolHow large is Olney High School?
Olney High School enrolls approximately 1,168 students in grades 09-12.
Is Olney High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olney High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Olney High School have?
Olney High School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olney High School?
At Olney High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 51% Hispanic, 39% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Olney High School public or private?
Olney High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.