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What advice would you give to incoming students at Spring Grove Area HS?
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Enrollment
1,163
High
DISTRICT 642 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING GROVE AREA SD·NCES 422259004623
Spring Grove Area High School
1490 Roth Church Road, Spring Grove, PA 17362 · (717) 225-4731 · York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,163 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.3:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
452 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 286 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 299 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 281 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 297 | 26% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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 Spring Grove Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.8pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 52.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Spring Grove Area High School
Spring Grove Area High School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Grove Area High School this school | 1,163 | 38.9% | 61.5% |
| Elizabethtown Area SHS Elizabethtown | 1,263 | 37.9% | 57.7% |
| Greencastle-Antrim SHS Greencastle | 982 | 38.4% | 60.5% |
| South Western SHS Hanover | 1,380 | 34.8% | 57.6% |
| Northern Lebanon SHS Fredericksburg | 997 | 41.0% | 40.3% |
| Upper Perkiomen High School Pennsburg | 1,021 | 35.5% | 64.1% |
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 Spring Grove Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #150 of 576 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #212 of 626 ▼ 65 | #12 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #167 of 626 ▼ 91 | #7 of 17 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,163 | #139 of 713 | #8 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #348 of 601 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #265 of 604 | #11 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #471 of 619 | #11 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #123 of 221 | #4 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
1,163
-4 (0%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
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 | 1,163 | 81.3 | 14.3:1 | 39% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 1,198 | 76.8 | 15.6:1 | 38% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 1,166 | 78.7 | 14.8:1 | 31% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 1,167 | 75 | 15.6:1 | 24% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 1,094 | 73.8 | 14.8:1 | 28% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 1,057 | 74 | 14.3:1 | 29% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 1,189 | 87 | 13.7:1 | 24% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 1,105 | 68 | 16.3:1 | 9% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 54 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Grove Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,094 to 1,163); teachers up 10% (73.8 to 81.3).
About Spring Grove Area High School
Spring Grove Area High School is a large high school in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, administered by Spring Grove Area SD. The student body numbers 1,163 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Spring Grove Area High School is one of 6 schools in Spring Grove Area SD, which enrolls 3,854 students in total.
About 80% of the student body at Spring Grove Area High School is White. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 34% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Spring Grove Area High School is 81.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. The school counts 452 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 39%. For comparison, public schools in York County average 53%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Spring Grove Area High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Spring Grove Area High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.5% is within a point of the 61.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe York County this way: the median household income is $84,829, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, York County has 111 public schools and roughly 64,242 students.
Spring Grove Elementary School is located about 0.3 miles from Spring Grove Area High School. The five-mile area around Spring Grove Area High School holds 5 other public schools. Spring Grove Area High School ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 61.5% against a local average of 56.5%.
In the federal locale system, Spring Grove Area High School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,167 to 1,163. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 14.3:1.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spring Grove Area SD
- Spring Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Spring Grove Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Spring Grove Area Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- New Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Paradise Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in Spring Grove
- Spring Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Spring Grove Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Spring Grove Area Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Grove Elementary School0.3 mi · 724
- Spring Grove Area Intrmd School0.4 mi · 608
- Spring Grove Area Middle School0.6 mi · 650
- Paradise Elementary School3.1 mi · 306
- New Salem Elementary School4.6 mi · 403
- Hanover Middle School6.4 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Grove Area High SchoolHow large is Spring Grove Area High School?
Spring Grove Area High School enrolls approximately 1,163 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Spring Grove Area High School serve?
Spring Grove Area High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spring Grove Area High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spring Grove Area High School is approximately 14.3:1 (81 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Spring Grove Area High School?
Student demographics at Spring Grove Area High School are roughly 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Spring Grove Area High School in?
Spring Grove Area High School is part of Spring Grove Area SD.
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