Upper Perkiomen HS

Upper Perkiomen HS operates as an average-sized high school in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, part of Upper Perkiomen SD. Current enrollment sits at 1,021 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 738.

Within Upper Perkiomen SD, which oversees 5 schools and 3,072 students, Upper Perkiomen HS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Upper Perkiomen HS records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Upper Perkiomen HS has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Upper Perkiomen HS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Upper Perkiomen HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 64.1%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that median household earnings sit near $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Upper Perkiomen HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Upper Perkiomen MS, around 0.4 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Upper Perkiomen HS comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Upper Perkiomen HS has edged up 5%, going from 971 students in 2018 to 1,021 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 81% over that span.

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