Palisades HS

Located at 35 Church Hill Rd, in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, Palisades HS is an intimate 9-12 campus that caters to 465 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Palisades SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Palisades HS sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Palisades SD, which oversees 5 schools and 1,372 students, Palisades HS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Palisades HS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Palisades HS has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bucks County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Palisades HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 59.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Bucks County shows median household income runs about $114,764, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palisades HS is one of 123 public schools in Bucks County (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students).

Nearest neighbor: Durham-Nockamixon El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Palisades HS. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palisades HS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palisades HS has decreased 22%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 465 in 2025.

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