Pennridge HS

As a large four-year high school in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, Pennridge HS hosts 2,125 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Pennridge SD. Enrollment runs roughly 188% bigger than the state mean of about 738.

Pennridge HS is one of 11 schools operated by Pennridge SD, a district that enrolls 5,968 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Pennridge HS logs that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest consists of 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pennridge HS shows 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Bucks County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pennridge HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 60.5%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bucks County indicate median household income runs about $114,764, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Bucks County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), Pennridge HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pennridge North MS, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pennridge HS comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.7%.

Pennridge HS operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Pennridge HS's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 2,355 (now 2,125). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 89% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.