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Which teacher or staff member at Pennsbury HS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
2,847
High
DISTRICT 674 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSBURY SD·NCES 421884004682
Pennsbury High School
705 Hood Blvd, Fairless Hills, PA 19030 · (215) 949-6700 · Bucks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,847 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test 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
13.0:1
219 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
858 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 688 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 713 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 693 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 753 | 26% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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 Pennsbury SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 74.6% | 50.2% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% 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 Pennsbury High School
Pennsbury High School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsbury High School this school | 2,847 | 30.1% | 62.7% |
| Neshaminy High School Langhorne | 2,916 | 37.4% | 52.6% |
| Souderton Area High School Souderton | 2,121 | 29.3% | 69.8% |
| State College Area High School State College | 2,402 | 21.5% | 83.3% |
| Central Dauphin SHS Harrisburg | 1,966 | 36.5% | 52.7% |
| Manheim Twp High School Lancaster | 1,953 | 32.5% | 67.8% |
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 Pennsbury High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #133 of 576 | #7 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #144 of 626 ▲ 19 | #8 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #139 of 626 ▼ 9 | #9 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,847 | #10 of 713 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #227 of 601 | #6 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #175 of 604 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #530 of 619 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #223 of 373 | #5 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
2,847
-44 (-2%) vs 2020
+97% since 1990-91, when it was 1,444
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 2,847 | 218.7 | 13.0:1 | 30% (858) |
| 2023-24 | 2,869 | 220.7 | 13.0:1 | 30% (858) |
| 2022-23 | 2,865 | 217.9 | 13.2:1 | 30% (865) |
| 2020-21 | 2,891 | 215 | 13.4:1 | 24% (706) |
| 2017-18 | 3,091 | 213 | 14.5:1 | 24% (736) |
| 2015-16 | 3,206 | 220 | 14.6:1 | 20% (646) |
| 2010-11 | 3,334 | 228 | 14.6:1 | 12% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 1,506 | 97 | 15.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 1,444 | 100 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pennsbury High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (3,091 to 2,847); teachers up 3% (213 to 218.7).
About Pennsbury High School
Pennsbury High School is a large high school in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Pennsbury SD. The student body numbers 2,847 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Pennsbury SD counts 14 schools and 9,435 students, including Pennsbury High School.
White students account for 72% of enrollment at Pennsbury High School. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 10 points below the 81% share among Bucks County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Pennsbury High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Federal data list 218.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pennsbury High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.0:1. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. The lunch program counts 30% of students at Pennsbury High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Bucks County averages 40%, higher than here.
Pennsbury High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Pennsbury High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.7% is 2.0 points below the 64.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Bucks County this way: median household income is about $114,764, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 123 public schools in Bucks County, with a combined enrollment of about 81,956.
Of nearby public schools, Manor Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Pennsbury High School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 2,891 in 2020-21 and 2,847 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Pennsbury SD
- William Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in Fairless Hills
- Bucks County Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,415 students
- Neil A Armstrong Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Oxford Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Bucks County Montessori CSElementary · 180 students
- Village Park AcademyElementary
Nearby schools
- Manor Elementary School0.8 mi · 434
- Oxford Valley Elementary School0.8 mi · 390
- Neil A Armstrong Middle School1.1 mi · 668
- Penn Valley Elementary School1.2 mi · 356
- Bucks County Technical High School1.3 mi · 1,415
- Bucks County Montessori CS1.3 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About Pennsbury High SchoolHow many students attend Pennsbury High School?
Pennsbury High School enrolls approximately 2,847 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Pennsbury High School serve?
Pennsbury High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pennsbury High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pennsbury High School is approximately 13.0:1 (219 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pennsbury High School?
At Pennsbury High School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Pennsbury High School public or private?
Pennsbury High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pennsbury SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.