1
What advice would you give to incoming students at Palisades HS?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
465
High
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALISADES SD·NCES 421833001094
Palisades High School
35 Church Hill Rd, Kintnersville, PA 18930 · (610) 847-5131 · Bucks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
142 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 109 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 117 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 127 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 112 | 24% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Palisades SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +18.9pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +16.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.7% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 41.7% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Palisades High School
Palisades High School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palisades High School this school | 465 | 30.5% | 59.2% |
| Littlestown SHS Littlestown | 532 | 34.0% | 70.7% |
| Neshannock JSHS New Castle | 545 | 28.3% | 62.2% |
| Montoursville Area SHS Montoursville | 570 | 33.3% | 49.5% |
| Tri-Valley JSHS Hegins | 427 | 34.2% | 40.5% |
| Freeport Area SHS Freeport | 512 | 27.7% | 84.2% |
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 Palisades High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #178 of 576 | #9 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #127 of 626 ▲ 142 | #7 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #121 of 626 ▲ 281 | #8 of 18 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #432 of 713 | #14 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #89 of 601 | #3 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #442 of 604 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #524 of 619 | #10 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #38 of 373 | #1 of 12 |
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
465
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 913
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 465 | 40.5 | 11.5:1 | 31% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 43 | 10.9:1 | 30% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 44.2 | 10.5:1 | 23% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 52 | 9.5:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 48.6 | 12.3:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 4% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 913 | 73 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palisades High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (598 to 465); teachers down 17% (48.6 to 40.5).
About Palisades High School
Palisades High School is a low-enrollment high school in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, administered by Palisades SD. It has an enrollment of 465 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 37% below average.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Palisades SD totals 1,372 students.
Roughly 92% of students at Palisades High School are White. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 81% of Bucks County residents are White. The diversity index for Palisades High School is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 142 students, or 31%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bucks County is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Palisades High School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Palisades High School is 5.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (59.2% versus 64.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
American Community Survey estimates for Bucks County show that the median household earns about $114,764 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Bucks County has 123 public schools with about 81,956 students, including Palisades High School.
Durham-Nockamixon Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Palisades High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Local comparison: Palisades High School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 59.2% versus a 63.5% average.
Locale data from NCES put Palisades High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 465, compared with 496 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 9.5 in 2020-21 to 11.5 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Palisades High School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palisades SD
- Palisades Middle SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Durham-Nockamixon Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 219 students
- Tinicum Elementary SchoolElementary · 135 students
Other schools in Kintnersville
- Palisades Middle SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Durham-Nockamixon Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other Palisades High schools
One other US public school is named Palisades High. Palisades High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Palisades High SchoolCharlotte, NC · 2,332 students
Nearby schools
- Durham-Nockamixon Elementary School0.2 mi · 245
- Palisades Middle School0.4 mi · 308
- Springfield Elementary School5.0 mi · 219
- Milford Public School6.4 mi · 64
- Upper Bucks County Technical School6.5 mi · 30
- Tinicum Elementary School6.5 mi · 135
Frequently asked questions
About Palisades High SchoolHow large is Palisades High School?
Palisades High School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades 09-12.
Is Palisades High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Palisades High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Palisades High School have?
Palisades High School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palisades High School?
At Palisades High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Palisades High School public or private?
Palisades High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palisades SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.