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How has Wilson Area HS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
709
High
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON AREA SD·NCES 422655003522
Wilson Area High School
424 Warrior Ln, Easton, PA 18042 · (484) 373-6030 · Northampton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
375 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 179 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 161 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 185 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 184 | 26% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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 Wilson Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.2% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 42.6% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Wilson Area High School
Wilson Area High School's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Area High School this school | 709 | 52.9% | 54.4% |
| Stroudsburg Junior High School Stroudsburg | 721 | 51.9% | 45.5% |
| Middletown Area High School Middletown | 702 | 50.7% | 49.9% |
| West York Area High School York | 851 | 53.1% | 49.8% |
| Salisbury SHS Allentown | 546 | 46.5% | 52.2% |
| Stroudsburg High School Stroudsburg | 1,196 | 47.7% | 62.8% |
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 Wilson Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #235 of 576 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #343 of 626 ▼ 85 | #7 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #173 of 626 ▼ 45 | #5 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #268 of 713 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #434 of 601 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #49 of 604 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #322 of 619 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #361 of 373 | #8 of 8 |
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
709
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 709 | 46.3 | 15.3:1 | 53% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 46.3 | 15.7:1 | 51% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 741 | 48.3 | 15.3:1 | 39% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 42% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 39% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 43% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 24% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 13% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 30 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (715 to 709); teachers down 2% (47 to 46.3).
About Wilson Area High School
Wilson Area High School is a medium-sized high school serving families in Easton, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 709 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Wilson Area SD totals 2,091 students.
White students account for 51% of enrollment at Wilson Area High School. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Northampton County is about 74% White. By the diversity index, Wilson Area High School comes in at 65%.
A ratio of 15.3:1 comes from the school's 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 53% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Northampton County is 61%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Wilson Area High School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Wilson Area High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.4%; the prediction is 54.9%.
Census estimates describe Northampton County this way: median household income is about $89,184, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 60 public schools in Northampton County, with a combined enrollment of about 38,316.
The nearest other public school, Wilson Borough Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Wilson Area High School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wilson Area High School is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (710) to 2024-25 (709).
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilson Area SD
- Wilson Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Wilson Borough Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Williams Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Avona Elementary SchoolElementary · 205 students
Other schools in Easton
- Easton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Easton Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,879 students
- Wilson Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Paxinosa Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Cheston Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Borough Elementary School0.1 mi · 285
- Easton Area High School0.5 mi · 2,778
- Avona Elementary School0.8 mi · 205
- Wilson Area Intermediate School0.9 mi · 643
- Paxinosa Elementary School1.0 mi · 572
- Palmer Elementary School1.3 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Area High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Area High School?
Wilson Area High School enrolls approximately 709 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Wilson Area High School serve?
Wilson Area High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Wilson Area High School have?
Wilson Area High School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Wilson Area High School?
Wilson Area High School reports a student body of 51% White, 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Wilson Area High School public or private?
Wilson Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wilson Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.