Warwick SHS

Warwick SHS is a sprawling secondary school in Lititz, Pennsylvania, part of Warwick SD. The school instructs 1,241 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 68% larger than typical.

Across the 6 schools in Warwick SD (3,705 students total), Warwick SHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Warwick SHS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. Compared to Lancaster County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Warwick SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.2%, the actual is 72.5%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lancaster County's 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), Warwick SHS is one campus in the mix.

Warwick MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Warwick SHS. On composite proficiency, Warwick SHS comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 1,385 students in 2018 compared to 1,241 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 87% to 81%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.