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Enrollment
744
High
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SELINSGROVE AREA SD·NCES 422112003969
Selinsgrove Area High School
500 North Broad St, Selinsgrove, PA 17870 · (570) 372-2230 · Snyder County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
334 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 200 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 174 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 174 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 196 | 26% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 Selinsgrove Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
72.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 72.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 68.0% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Selinsgrove Area High School
Selinsgrove Area High School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selinsgrove Area High School this school | 744 | 44.9% | 65.8% |
| Harbor Creek Senior High School Harborcreek | 692 | 42.8% | 66.4% |
| General McLane High School Edinboro | 690 | 44.1% | 63.5% |
| Grove City Area High School Grove City | 649 | 43.5% | 58.0% |
| Honesdale High School Honesdale | 679 | 47.0% | 79.0% |
| Lakeland JSHS Scott Township | 623 | 43.3% | 49.9% |
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 Selinsgrove Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #98 of 576 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #33 of 626 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #118 of 626 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #255 of 713 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #415 of 601 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #368 of 604 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #405 of 619 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #229 of 373 |
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
744
-51 (-6%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 850
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 744 | 49.5 | 15.0:1 | 45% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 50.5 | 15.3:1 | 43% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 49.5 | 16.2:1 | 35% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 51 | 15.6:1 | 35% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 805 | 53.5 | 15.1:1 | 28% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 793 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 36% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 58 | 15.5:1 | 27% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 897 | 50 | 17.9:1 | 22% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 850 | 54 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Selinsgrove Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (805 to 744); teachers down 7% (53.5 to 49.5).
About Selinsgrove Area High School
Selinsgrove Area High School is a mid-sized high school. Its address is in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. It reports enrollment of 744 students in grades 9 through 12.
Selinsgrove Area SD has 4 schools; together they serve 2,283 students.
The share of White students at Selinsgrove Area High School is 88%. Next come 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Selinsgrove Area High School scores 21%.
Selinsgrove Area High School lists 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 2.3 students per teacher. About 45% of students at Selinsgrove Area High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 73% average for public schools in Snyder County, the school's rate is lower.
Selinsgrove Area High School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Selinsgrove Area High School is +7.4 points: 65.8% actual, 58.4% predicted.
In the wider Snyder County area, median household income comes to about $66,876, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Snyder County counts 8 public schools with about 4,190 students.
Selinsgrove Area Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Selinsgrove Area High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Selinsgrove Area High School places 1st of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 51 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Snyder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,668
Census ACS
Median income
$66,876
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
4,190 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Selinsgrove Area SD
- Selinsgrove Intrmd SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Selinsgrove Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Selinsgrove Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Selinsgrove
- Selinsgrove Intrmd SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Selinsgrove Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Selinsgrove Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Selinsgrove Area Elementary School0.2 mi · 472
- Selinsgrove Area Middle School0.2 mi · 532
- Selinsgrove Intrmd School0.3 mi · 535
- Shikellamy High School5.4 mi · 855
- Chief Shikellamy School6.7 mi · 614
- Oaklyn School6.7 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Selinsgrove Area High SchoolHow many students attend Selinsgrove Area High School?
Selinsgrove Area High School enrolls approximately 744 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Selinsgrove Area High School serve?
Selinsgrove Area High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Selinsgrove Area High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Selinsgrove Area High School is approximately 15.0:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Selinsgrove Area High School?
Student demographics at Selinsgrove Area High School are roughly 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Selinsgrove Area High School in?
Selinsgrove Area High School is part of Selinsgrove Area SD.
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