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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Quakertown Community HS this year?
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Enrollment
1,570
High
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUAKERTOWN COMMUNITY SD·NCES 421989001128
Quakertown Community High School
600 Park Ave, Quakertown, PA 18951 · (215) 529-2060 · Bucks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,570 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.2:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
589 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 328 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 395 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 410 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 437 | 28% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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 Quakertown Community SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
44.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.6% | 35.3% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Quakertown Community High School
Quakertown Community High School's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quakertown Community High School this school | 1,570 | 37.5% | 54.4% |
| Delaware Valley High School Milford | 1,380 | 41.4% | 80.3% |
| Northeastern SHS Manchester | 1,189 | 39.1% | 63.7% |
| Warwick SHS Lititz | 1,241 | 33.5% | 72.5% |
| Cedar Cliff High School Camp Hill | 1,333 | 41.8% | 50.8% |
| Mechanicsburg Area SHS Mechanicsburg | 1,412 | 36.8% | 57.5% |
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 Quakertown Community High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #237 of 576 | #10 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #243 of 626 ▲ 96 | #11 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #270 of 626 ▼ 19 | #12 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,570 | #69 of 713 | #10 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #489 of 601 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #207 of 604 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #481 of 619 | #8 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #271 of 373 | #9 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
1,570
-112 (-7%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,128
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,570 | 96.8 | 16.2:1 | 38% (589) |
| 2023-24 | 1,649 | 96.5 | 17.1:1 | 36% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 1,668 | 93.7 | 17.8:1 | 24% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 1,682 | 90 | 18.7:1 | 23% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 1,661 | 85.7 | 19.4:1 | 17% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 1,625 | 91 | 17.9:1 | 29% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 1,233 | 78 | 15.8:1 | 17% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 1,685 | 85 | 19.8:1 | 12% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 1,128 | 73 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quakertown Community High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,661 to 1,570); teachers up 13% (85.7 to 96.8).
About Quakertown Community High School
Quakertown Community High School operates as a high-enrollment high school in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The school counts 1,570 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students.
Quakertown Community SD runs 8 schools with a combined 4,558 students. Quakertown Community High School is one of them.
White students are the majority at Quakertown Community High School, with 74% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 96.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.2:1. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 16.2:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 38% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Bucks County average 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Quakertown Community High School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Quakertown Community High School is -7.1 points: 54.4% actual, 61.5% predicted.
Quakertown Community High School is located in Bucks County, where the median household income is $114,764, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Quakertown Community High School, Bucks County has 122 other public schools.
The school nearest to Quakertown Community High School is Quakertown Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Quakertown Community High School places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 112 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Quakertown Community High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Quakertown Community SD
- Strayer Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Pfaff Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Neidig Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Trumbauersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- 6th Grade CenterMiddle · 331 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other schools in Quakertown
- Strayer Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Pfaff Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Neidig Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Trumbauersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- 6th Grade CenterMiddle · 331 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Nearby schools
- Quakertown Elementary School0.1 mi · 265
- 6th Grade Center0.3 mi · 331
- Neidig Elementary School1.0 mi · 470
- Richland Elementary School1.0 mi · 327
- Strayer Middle School1.0 mi · 737
- Trumbauersville Elementary School2.2 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Quakertown Community High SchoolHow many students attend Quakertown Community High School?
Quakertown Community High School enrolls approximately 1,570 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Quakertown Community High School serve?
Quakertown Community High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Quakertown Community High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Quakertown Community High School is approximately 16.2:1 (97 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Quakertown Community High School?
Student demographics at Quakertown Community High School are roughly 74% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Quakertown Community High School in?
Quakertown Community High School is part of Quakertown Community SD.
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