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Enrollment
688
High
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHUYLKILL VALLEY SD·NCES 422097000864
Schuylkill Valley High School
929 Lakeshore Dr, Leesport, PA 19533 · (610) 926-1706 · Berks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- 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
14.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
258 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 177 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 177 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 175 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 159 | 23% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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 Schuylkill Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
47.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 51.7% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Schuylkill Valley High School
Schuylkill Valley High School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schuylkill Valley High School this school | 688 | 37.5% | 51.3% |
| Valley View High School Archbald | 747 | 37.8% | 66.5% |
| Fleetwood SHS Fleetwood | 754 | 35.1% | 58.2% |
| Bermudian Springs High School York Springs | 576 | 35.2% | 50.0% |
| Eastern Lebanon Co SHS Myerstown | 773 | 42.4% | 53.1% |
| Conrad Weiser High School Robesonia | 848 | 41.7% | 53.2% |
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 Schuylkill Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #282 of 576 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #222 of 626 ▼ 72 | #9 of 18 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #330 of 626 ▲ 29 | #13 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #284 of 713 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #403 of 601 | #12 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #250 of 604 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #482 of 619 | #13 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #63 of 221 | #3 of 6 |
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
688
+45 (+7%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 688 | 46.3 | 14.9:1 | 38% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 44.8 | 15.3:1 | 38% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 46.7 | 14.3:1 | 26% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 26% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 50.3 | 12.0:1 | 26% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 23% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 50 | 13.4:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 605 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 5% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | 46 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schuylkill Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (604 to 688); teachers down 8% (50.3 to 46.3).
About Schuylkill Valley High School
The public high school Schuylkill Valley High School is located in Leesport, Pennsylvania. It educates 688 students in grades 9 through 12.
Schuylkill Valley SD has a total of 3 schools and 2,123 students, Schuylkill Valley High School among them.
A majority of students at Schuylkill Valley High School, 78%, are White. Next come 14% Hispanic and 4% Black. The county population is about 70% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Schuylkill Valley High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
Schuylkill Valley High School operates with 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.9:1. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. About 38% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is below the 67% average among public schools in Berks County.
Schuylkill Valley High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Schuylkill Valley High School would score about 61.5%. It scores 51.3%, 10.2 points below that figure.
Within Berks County, median household income is about $79,777, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Berks County number 95 and enroll about 62,375.
The closest public school, Schuylkill Valley Middle School, is about 0.3 miles from Schuylkill Valley High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Schuylkill Valley High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Schuylkill Valley High School had 643 students in 2020-21 and 688 in 2024-25, a 7% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.1:1 to 14.9:1.
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Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Schuylkill Valley SD
- Schuylkill Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Schuylkill Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 691 students
Other schools in Leesport
- Schuylkill Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Schuylkill Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 691 students
- Berks Career and Technology Center-West CampusHigh · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Schuylkill Valley Middle School0.3 mi · 691
- Schuylkill Valley Elementary School0.3 mi · 744
- Andrew Maier Elementary School3.2 mi · 245
- Muhlenberg High School3.6 mi · 1,166
- Muhlenberg El Center3.6 mi · 1,241
- C E Cole Intermediate School3.6 mi · 986
Frequently asked questions
About Schuylkill Valley High SchoolHow many students attend Schuylkill Valley High School?
Schuylkill Valley High School enrolls approximately 688 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Schuylkill Valley High School serve?
Schuylkill Valley High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Schuylkill Valley High School have?
Schuylkill Valley High School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is Schuylkill Valley High School?
Schuylkill Valley High School reports a student body of 78% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Schuylkill Valley High School public or private?
Schuylkill Valley High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Schuylkill Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.