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How has Strath Haven HS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,175
High
DISTRICT 738 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLINGFORD-SWARTHMORE SD·NCES 422479005287
Strath Haven High School
205 S Providence Rd, Wallingford, PA 19086 · (610) 892-3470 · Delaware County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,175 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 90% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest 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
13.3:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
243 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 295 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 313 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 261 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 306 | 26% |
Student demographics
47%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 Wallingford-Swarthmore SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
82.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
72.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.5% | 72.4% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 69.8% |
% 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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Strath Haven High School
Strath Haven High School's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strath Haven High School this school | 1,175 | 20.7% | 77.0% |
| Upper Dublin High School Fort Washington | 1,272 | 20.4% | 68.0% |
| Penncrest High School Media | 1,255 | 20.7% | 77.1% |
| Springfield High School Springfield | 1,434 | 24.5% | 82.3% |
| Fox Chapel Area High School Pittsburgh | 1,360 | 22.6% | 89.8% |
| Franklin Regional SHS Murrysville | 1,101 | 22.6% | 69.8% |
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 Strath Haven High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #39 of 576 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #35 of 626 ▲ 6 | #5 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #50 of 626 ▼ 30 | #6 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,175 | #135 of 713 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #256 of 601 | #7 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #179 of 604 | #7 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #591 of 619 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #220 of 221 | #9 of 9 |
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
1,175
-68 (-5%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 931
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 1,175 | 88.3 | 13.3:1 | 21% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 1,189 | 88.6 | 13.4:1 | 20% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 1,159 | 82.1 | 14.1:1 | 17% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 1,243 | 88 | 14.1:1 | 13% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 1,171 | 87.1 | 13.4:1 | 14% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 1,149 | 92 | 12.5:1 | 12% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 1,200 | 93 | 12.9:1 | 8% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 1,138 | 85 | 13.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 931 | 88 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Strath Haven High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,171 to 1,175); teachers up 1% (87.1 to 88.3).
About Strath Haven High School
Located in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, Strath Haven High School is a high-enrollment high school. The school enrolls 1,175 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738, so this school runs 59% bigger than that.
Strath Haven High School is one school in a 5-school district, Wallingford-Swarthmore SD, which enrolls 3,691 students.
A majority of students at Strath Haven High School, 72%, are White. Next come 10% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 63% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Strath Haven High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
At Strath Haven High School, 88.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.3:1. High schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 21% of enrollment. Compared with the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Strath Haven High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Strath Haven High School is 8.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 77.0%. Predicted: 68.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Delaware County, median household income is about $89,546, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 113 public schools operate in Delaware County, serving about 74,663 students.
The nearest public school is Strath Haven Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Strath Haven High School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Strath Haven High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 1,243 to 1,175.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Strath Haven High School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wallingford-Swarthmore SD
- Strath Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 868 students
- Wallingford Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Swarthmore-Rutledge SchoolElementary · 560 students
- Nether Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Other schools in Wallingford
- Strath Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 868 students
- Wallingford Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Nether Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Nearby schools
- Strath Haven Middle School0.1 mi · 868
- Wallingford Elementary School0.5 mi · 609
- Nether Providence Elementary School0.9 mi · 479
- Swarthmore-Rutledge School1.5 mi · 560
- Grace Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 366
- Media Elementary School1.8 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Strath Haven High SchoolHow large is Strath Haven High School?
Strath Haven High School enrolls approximately 1,175 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Strath Haven High School serve?
Strath Haven High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Strath Haven High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Strath Haven High School is approximately 13.3:1 (88 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Strath Haven High School?
At Strath Haven High School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Strath Haven High School?
Strath Haven High School is overseen by Wallingford-Swarthmore SD in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.