Enrollment
305
High
DISTRICT 1,453 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER SD·NCES 421314003410
Phoenix Academy
630 Rockland St, Lancaster, PA 17602 · (717) 735-7860 · Lancaster County
GRADES 06–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
272 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 7 | 6 | 2% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 73 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 103 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 26 | 9% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
18.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +18.6pp since 2023
Math
0.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.6% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
3.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-35.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 4% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 Phoenix Academy
Phoenix Academy's state test result (3.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Academy this school | 305 | 89.2% | 3.9% |
| Kensington Health Sciences Philadelphia | 457 | 98.2% | 28.4% |
| Building 21 Allentown Allentown | 415 | 99.0% | 17.6% |
| Kensington Creative & Performing Arts High School Philadelphia | 510 | 97.8% | 15.5% |
| Shenandoah Valley JSHS Shenandoah | 546 | 98.7% | 22.9% |
| Antietam High School Reading | 360 | 99.2% | 31.4% |
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 Phoenix Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 3.9% | #576 of 576 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 0.0% | #620 of 626 ▲ 3 | #18 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #601 of 626 ▲ 25 | #17 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #550 of 713 | #17 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #142 of 601 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #151 of 604 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #244 of 619 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #198 of 221 | #8 of 8 |
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
305
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 33.8:1
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 | 305 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 89% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 94% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | N/A | N/A | 95% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 9 | 33.8:1 | 99% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 9 | 33.4:1 | 99% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 15 | 22.2:1 | 100% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 30 | 9.6:1 | 81% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phoenix Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (301 to 305); teachers up 178% (9 to 25).
About Phoenix Academy
A low-enrollment high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Phoenix Academy is part of Lancaster SD. It covers grades 6 through 12, with a total enrollment of 305 students. Statewide, high schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students each.
Lancaster SD counts 9,901 students in its 19 schools, and Phoenix Academy is one of them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Phoenix Academy, at 68%. Next come 18% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% White. That compares with about 12% Hispanic among all Lancaster County residents. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 25 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.2:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Phoenix Academy is 89%. That is higher than the 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 39.4%. Phoenix Academy posts 3.9%, 35.5 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Among Lancaster County residents, the median household income is $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Phoenix Academy is one of 114 public schools in the county.
King Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Phoenix Academy. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Phoenix Academy is 9th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (304) to 2024-25 (305). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.2:1, from 33.8:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lancaster SD
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 511 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 465 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Other Phoenix Academy schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Phoenix Academy. Phoenix Academy is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Phoenix AcademyApple Valley, CA · 1,213 students
- Phoenix AcademyAnnapolis, MD · 64 students
- Phoenix AcademyWinchester, KY · 19 students
- Phoenix AcademyOxford, NC · 17 students
- Phoenix AcademySan Rafael, CA · 3 students
Nearby schools
- King Elementary School0.2 mi · 413
- Jackson Middle School0.2 mi · 524
- Washington Elementary School0.2 mi · 467
- Carter and MacRae Elementary School0.5 mi · 444
- La Academia Partnership CS0.5 mi · 196
- Fulton Elementary School0.9 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Phoenix AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Phoenix Academy?
Phoenix Academy enrolls approximately 305 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Phoenix Academy serve?
Phoenix Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Phoenix Academy?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Phoenix Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Phoenix Academy?
At Phoenix Academy, the student body is approximately 5% White, 68% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Phoenix Academy public or private?
Phoenix Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lancaster SD.
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