Red Lion Area SHS

Red Lion Area SHS operates as a substantial high school in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Red Lion Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 1,363 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 85% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Within Red Lion Area SD, which oversees 8 schools and 4,546 students, Red Lion Area SHS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Red Lion Area SHS records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest consists of 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Red Lion Area SHS has 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at Red Lion Area SHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Red Lion Area SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Across the wider county, York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Red Lion Area SHS is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

The closest other public school is Red Lion Area JHS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Red Lion Area SHS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Red Lion Area SHS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Red Lion Area SHS's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,528 (now 1,363). The White share of enrollment edged down from 85% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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