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Enrollment
1,272
High
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER DUBLIN SD·NCES 422439005078
Upper Dublin High School
800 Loch Alsh Ave, Fort Washington, PA 19034 · (215) 643-8900 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,272 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- 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
13.9:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
259 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 | 309 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 295 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 331 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 337 | 26% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Upper Dublin SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.1pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +16.2pp since 2023
What 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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 86.9% | 43.1% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Upper Dublin High School
Upper Dublin High School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Dublin High School this school | 1,272 | 20.4% | 68.0% |
| Strath Haven High School Wallingford | 1,175 | 20.7% | 77.0% |
| 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% |
| West Chester East High School West Chester | 1,216 | 24.1% | 66.3% |
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 Upper Dublin High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #83 of 576 | #9 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #116 of 626 ▲ 134 | #14 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #77 of 626 ▼ 40 | #7 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,272 | #110 of 713 | #14 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #297 of 601 | #12 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #168 of 604 | #16 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #592 of 619 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #238 of 373 | #3 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
1,272
-59 (-4%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,045
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 1,272 | 91.6 | 13.9:1 | 20% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 1,280 | 92.2 | 13.9:1 | 20% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 1,318 | 91.7 | 14.4:1 | 19% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 1,331 | 96 | 13.9:1 | 14% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 1,371 | 98.7 | 13.9:1 | 14% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 1,467 | 95 | 15.4:1 | 16% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 1,460 | 100 | 14.6:1 | 8% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 1,388 | 86 | 16.1:1 | 4% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 1,045 | 69 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Upper Dublin High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,371 to 1,272); teachers down 7% (98.7 to 91.6).
About Upper Dublin High School
This page covers Upper Dublin High School, a large high school in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. The school counted 1,272 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 72% more students than the average for high schools in Pennsylvania (about 738).
Upper Dublin SD operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,089 students.
More than half of the students at Upper Dublin High School are White (71%). The remaining shares are 9% Asian, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Montgomery County, where about 73% of residents are White. The diversity index for Upper Dublin High School is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 91.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 1.1 students per teacher. Roughly 20% of students at Upper Dublin High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 20 points higher.
Upper Dublin High School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Upper Dublin High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (68.0%) and its predicted rate (68.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Looking at the county, Montgomery County, the median household earns about $113,915 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Upper Dublin High School, Montgomery County has 160 public schools.
The closest school to Upper Dublin High School is Fort Washington Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Upper Dublin High School's average proficiency of 68.0% compares with 77.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Upper Dublin High School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Upper Dublin SD
- Sandy Run Middle SchoolMiddle · 962 students
- Fort Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Jarrettown Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Maple Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Thomas Fitzwater Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other schools in Fort Washington
- Fort Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Washington Elementary School0.3 mi · 518
- Maple Glen Elementary School1.1 mi · 452
- Jarrettown Elementary School1.6 mi · 454
- Wissahickon Middle School1.8 mi · 1,208
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary School1.9 mi · 630
- Wissahickon SHS2.0 mi · 1,480
Frequently asked questions
About Upper Dublin High SchoolHow large is Upper Dublin High School?
Upper Dublin High School enrolls approximately 1,272 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Upper Dublin High School serve?
Upper Dublin High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Upper Dublin High School have?
Upper Dublin High School employs 92 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Upper Dublin High School?
Student demographics at Upper Dublin High School are roughly 71% White, 5% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Upper Dublin High School public or private?
Upper Dublin High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Upper Dublin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.