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Upper Dublin HS
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Upper Dublin HS
Set in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Upper Dublin HS is a large high school, operated by Upper Dublin SD. It hosts 1,272 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 72% larger than typical.
Within Upper Dublin SD, which oversees 6 schools and 4,089 students, Upper Dublin HS is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Upper Dublin HS lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 9% Asian, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Montgomery County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, Upper Dublin HS reports 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Upper Dublin HS higher than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Upper Dublin HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.9%, the actual is 68.0%, a residual of -0.9 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Upper Dublin HS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Fort Washington El Sch, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Upper Dublin HS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 77.4%.
Upper Dublin HS operates from a bedroom-community location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 1,371 students in 2018 compared to 1,272 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment fell from 14% to 9% over that span.
Inside the community feed, members of the Upper Dublin HS community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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