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What's the biggest difference between Phoenixville Area HS and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,194
High
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHOENIXVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421905001426
Phoenixville Area High School
1200 Gay St, Phoenixville, PA 19460 · (484) 927-5100 · Chester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,194 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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
14.1:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
438 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 278 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 286 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 279 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 351 | 29% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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 Phoenixville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +16.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.4% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 38.7% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Phoenixville Area High School
Phoenixville Area High School's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenixville Area High School this school | 1,194 | 36.7% | 58.1% |
| Cedar Cliff High School Camp Hill | 1,333 | 41.8% | 50.8% |
| Northeastern SHS Manchester | 1,189 | 39.1% | 63.7% |
| Hatboro-Horsham SHS Horsham | 1,336 | 37.6% | 60.7% |
| Quakertown Community High School Quakertown | 1,570 | 37.5% | 54.4% |
| Upper Moreland High School Willow Grove | 1,077 | 42.8% | 57.3% |
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 Phoenixville Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #189 of 576 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #156 of 626 ▲ 145 | #11 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #211 of 626 ▲ 83 | #13 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,194 | #129 of 713 | #11 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #317 of 601 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #140 of 604 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #488 of 619 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #120 of 221 | #7 of 9 |
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
1,194
-54 (-4%) vs 2020
+109% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,194 | 85 | 14.1:1 | 37% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 1,249 | 85.4 | 14.6:1 | 35% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 1,272 | 85.4 | 14.9:1 | 27% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 1,248 | 79 | 15.8:1 | 28% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 81.3 | 13.8:1 | 23% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 1,093 | 82 | 13.3:1 | 25% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 77 | 11.7:1 | 16% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 884 | 67 | 13.2:1 | 8% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 60 | 9.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phoenixville Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,120 to 1,194); teachers up 5% (81.3 to 85).
About Phoenixville Area High School
In Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Phoenixville Area High School is a large high school. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,194 students on the rolls. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 62% bigger than average.
Within Phoenixville Area SD, Phoenixville Area High School is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 3,966 students.
The student body at Phoenixville Area High School is 67% White. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 77%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, Phoenixville Area High School has a ratio of 14.1:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania, 12.8:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 38% average for public schools in Chester County.
Phoenixville Area High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 61.9% at Phoenixville Area High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.1%.
For the population of Chester County, the median household earns about $127,208 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Chester County, 111 public schools serve about 83,468 students.
Phoenixville Area High School's closest public school neighbor is Phoenixville Area Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Phoenixville Area High School ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 58.1% versus a 52.9% average.
Phoenixville Area High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 1,248 to 1,194. By 2024-25, the school had 14.1 students per teacher, compared with 15.8 in 2020-21.
People who know Phoenixville Area High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Chester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,840
Census ACS
Median income
$127,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
83,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Phoenixville Area SD
- Phoenixville Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Phoenixville Early Learning CenterElementary · 613 students
- Manavon Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
- Schuylkill Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Barkley Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
Other schools in Phoenixville
- Renaissance Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,199 students
- Phoenixville Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Phoenixville Early Learning CenterElementary · 613 students
- Manavon Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
- Schuylkill Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Barkley Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Phoenixville Area Middle School0.2 mi · 963
- Manavon Elementary School0.2 mi · 497
- Phoenixville Early Learning Center0.2 mi · 613
- Barkley Elementary School0.5 mi · 281
- Schuylkill Elementary School0.7 mi · 418
- Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering1.1 mi · 79
Frequently asked questions
About Phoenixville Area High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Phoenixville Area High School?
Phoenixville Area High School enrolls approximately 1,194 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Phoenixville Area High School serve?
Phoenixville Area High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Phoenixville Area High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Phoenixville Area High School is approximately 14.1:1 (85 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Phoenixville Area High School?
At Phoenixville Area High School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Phoenixville Area High School public or private?
Phoenixville Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Phoenixville Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.