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What's something Springfield Twp HS does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
762
High
DISTRICT 626 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 422262003376
Springfield Twp High School
1801 E Paper Mill Rd, Erdenheim, PA 19038 · (215) 233-6000 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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.
- B-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
13.0:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
184 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 182 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 187 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 194 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 199 | 26% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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 Springfield Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
80.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
60.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +29.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 29 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.4% | 60.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 31.1% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Springfield Twp High School
Springfield Twp High School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Twp High School this school | 762 | 24.1% | 64.3% |
| Lewisburg High School Lewisburg | 551 | 27.2% | 76.8% |
| Saucon Valley SHS Hellertown | 627 | 29.8% | 69.2% |
| West Chester Bayard Rustin High School West Chester | 1,159 | 19.9% | 61.1% |
| Lower Dauphin High School Hummelstown | 1,057 | 26.5% | 64.2% |
| Lampeter-Strasburg SHS Lampeter | 890 | 28.7% | 73.2% |
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 Springfield Twp High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #117 of 576 | #12 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #107 of 626 ▲ 283 | #11 of 23 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #64 of 626 ▲ 90 | #6 of 23 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #245 of 713 | #21 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #226 of 601 | #8 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #186 of 604 | #19 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.1% | #570 of 619 | #16 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.7% | #69 of 221 | #7 of 16 |
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
762
+29 (+4%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 762 | 58.6 | 13.0:1 | 24% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 770 | 58.5 | 13.2:1 | 24% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 765 | 59.6 | 12.8:1 | 21% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 54 | 13.6:1 | 19% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 53.2 | 12.7:1 | 20% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 51 | 12.7:1 | 19% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 56 | 11.1:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 816 | 57 | 14.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 50 | 9.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springfield Twp High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (676 to 762); teachers up 10% (53.2 to 58.6).
About Springfield Twp High School
Springfield Twp High School is a mid-sized high school based in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania. It has an enrollment of 762 students in grades 9 through 12.
Across its 4 schools, Springfield Township SD enrolls 2,504 students. Springfield Twp High School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Springfield Twp High School is 72% White. Other groups include 12% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. In Montgomery County overall, the White share is about 73%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
Springfield Twp High School lists 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.0 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 24% of the student body. That rate is below the 40% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
Springfield Twp High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 67.3% at Springfield Twp High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.3%.
In the surrounding county, Montgomery County, the median household earns about $113,915 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County has 160 public schools with about 115,302 students, including Springfield Twp High School.
Springfield Twp Elementary School-Erdenhm is the nearest public school to Springfield Twp High School, about 0.2 miles away. Springfield Twp High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Springfield Twp High School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Springfield Twp High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Springfield Twp High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield Township SD
- Springfield Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Springfield Twp Elementary School-ErdenhmElementary · 573 students
- Springfield Twp Elementary School-EnfieldElementary · 550 students
Other schools in Erdenheim
- Springfield Twp Elementary School-EnfieldElementary · 550 students
Nearby schools
- Springfield Twp Elementary School-Erdenhm0.2 mi · 573
- Springfield Twp Middle School0.2 mi · 619
- Springfield Twp Elementary School-Enfield1.0 mi · 550
- Glenside Elementary School1.9 mi · 360
- McCloskey John F School1.9 mi · 228
- John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences1.9 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Springfield Twp High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Springfield Twp High School?
Springfield Twp High School enrolls approximately 762 students in grades 09-12.
Is Springfield Twp High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Springfield Twp High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Springfield Twp High School have?
Springfield Twp High School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Springfield Twp High School?
Springfield Twp High School reports a student body of 72% White, 9% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Springfield Twp High School?
Springfield Twp High School is overseen by Springfield Township SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.