Schuylkill Haven SHS

Schuylkill Haven SHS, a modestly sized high school in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, overseen by Schuylkill Haven Area SD, hosts 455 students, covering grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 38% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Within Schuylkill Haven Area SD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,161 students, Schuylkill Haven SHS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Schuylkill Haven SHS logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Schuylkill County as a whole.

On the resource side, Schuylkill Haven SHS reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Schuylkill County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Schuylkill Haven SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.2%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -15.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Schuylkill County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $68,313 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Schuylkill County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,259 students), of which Schuylkill Haven SHS is one.

Schuylkill Haven El Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Schuylkill Haven SHS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Schuylkill Haven SHS has edged down 6%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 3% to 7%.

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