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Enrollment
989
High
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN VALLEY SD·NCES 422400000873
Twin Valley High School
4897 North Twin Valley Rd, Elverson, PA 19520 · (610) 286-8614 · Berks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL989 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- 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
14.1:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
326 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 231 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 243 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 245 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 270 | 27% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Twin Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
54.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 | 72.4% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 69.9% | 49.5% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Twin Valley High School
Twin Valley High School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Valley High School this school | 989 | 33.0% | 61.0% |
| Red Land SHS Lewisberry | 1,061 | 28.6% | 59.2% |
| Greencastle-Antrim SHS Greencastle | 982 | 38.4% | 60.5% |
| North Pocono High School Covington Twp | 915 | 36.7% | 61.9% |
| Upper Perkiomen High School Pennsburg | 1,021 | 35.5% | 64.1% |
| Shaler Area High School Pittsburgh | 1,160 | 35.3% | 61.5% |
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 Twin Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #158 of 576 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #160 of 626 ▲ 16 | #6 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #140 of 626 ▲ 49 | #5 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 989 | #180 of 713 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #323 of 601 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #325 of 604 | #14 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #516 of 619 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #259 of 373 | #8 of 12 |
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
989
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,029
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 989 | 70.2 | 14.1:1 | 33% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 1,003 | 71.2 | 14.1:1 | 33% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 1,023 | 70.1 | 14.6:1 | 24% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 1,008 | 72 | 14.0:1 | 20% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 1,053 | 71.6 | 14.7:1 | 25% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 1,066 | 70 | 15.2:1 | 28% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 1,006 | 79 | 12.7:1 | 22% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 907 | 60 | 15.1:1 | 5% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 1,029 | 61 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twin Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,053 to 989); teachers down 2% (71.6 to 70.2).
About Twin Valley High School
Twin Valley High School is a mid-sized high school in Elverson, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 989 students on the rolls. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 738.
Twin Valley SD enrolls 2,868 students, and its 5 schools include Twin Valley High School.
Twin Valley High School is 85% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Berks County overall, about 70% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Twin Valley High School scores 27%.
A staff of 70.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.1:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 67% average among public schools in Berks County.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Twin Valley High School outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.5%. Twin Valley High School scores 61.0%.
The county, Berks County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $79,777, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 95 public schools and about 62,375 students.
Measured in a straight line, Twin Valley Middle School is about 0.3 miles from Twin Valley High School. The five-mile area around Twin Valley High School holds 2 other public schools. Twin Valley High School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Twin Valley High School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,008 students in 2020-21 and 989 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Twin Valley High School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Twin Valley SD
- Twin Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Twin Valley El CenterElementary · 395 students
- Robeson El CenterElementary · 339 students
- Honey Brook El CenterElementary · 289 students
Other schools in Elverson
- Twin Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Twin Valley El CenterElementary · 395 students
Other Twin Valley High schools
One other US public school is named Twin Valley High. Twin Valley High School is the largest of the 2.
- Twin Valley HighPilgrim Knob, VA · 179 students
Nearby schools
- Twin Valley Middle School0.3 mi · 856
- Twin Valley El Center0.9 mi · 395
- Robeson El Center5.8 mi · 339
- Honey Brook El Center6.1 mi · 289
- Springton Manor Elementary School6.5 mi · 555
- Daniel Boone Area High School7.2 mi · 940
Frequently asked questions
About Twin Valley High SchoolHow many students attend Twin Valley High School?
Twin Valley High School enrolls approximately 989 students in grades 09-12.
Is Twin Valley High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Twin Valley High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Twin Valley High School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Twin Valley High School.
What is the student diversity at Twin Valley High School?
Student demographics at Twin Valley High School are roughly 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Twin Valley High School?
Twin Valley High School is overseen by Twin Valley SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.