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Enrollment
1,480
High
DISTRICT 864 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISSAHICKON SD·NCES 420240003247
Wissahickon SHS
521 Houston Rd, Ambler, PA 19002 · (215) 619-8112 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,480 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A-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
12.6:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
429 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 378 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 359 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 356 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 387 | 26% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Wissahickon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
85.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.3% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.9% | 63.0% |
% 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Wissahickon SHS
Wissahickon SHS's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wissahickon SHS this school | 1,480 | 29.0% | 74.3% |
| Downingtown HS East Campus Exton | 1,708 | 20.3% | 71.5% |
| Methacton High School Eagleville | 1,499 | 22.1% | 65.1% |
| Hershey High School Hershey | 1,050 | 25.0% | 78.0% |
| Radnor SHS Radnor | 1,146 | 16.0% | 84.5% |
| Central Bucks HS-South Warrington | 1,719 | 15.1% | 73.2% |
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 Wissahickon SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #47 of 576 | #5 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #56 of 626 ▲ 15 | #5 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #38 of 626 ▼ 3 | #3 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,480 | #75 of 713 | #10 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #181 of 601 | #6 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #62 of 604 | #4 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #539 of 619 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #95 of 221 | #9 of 16 |
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
1,480
+54 (+4%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 1,480 | 117.3 | 12.6:1 | 29% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 1,457 | 116.3 | 12.5:1 | 29% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 1,459 | 113.6 | 12.8:1 | 24% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 1,426 | 110 | 13.0:1 | 19% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 1,360 | 110.1 | 12.3:1 | 20% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 1,345 | 107 | 12.6:1 | 20% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 1,456 | 113 | 12.9:1 | 14% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 1,303 | 78 | 16.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 937 | 70 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wissahickon SHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,360 to 1,480); teachers up 6% (110.1 to 117.3).
About Wissahickon SHS
Wissahickon SHS is classified as a high school. It is located in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Federal data show 1,480 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 738, and this school is 101% larger than that mark.
Wissahickon SHS falls under Wissahickon SD, which has 6 schools enrolling 5,181 students.
White students are 55% of those enrolled at Wissahickon SHS. The rest of enrollment is 17% Asian, 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Montgomery County's population at about 73%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Wissahickon SHS comes to 117.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 11 points higher.
Wissahickon SHS 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 91% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Wissahickon SHS's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (74.3%) and its predicted rate (65.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Montgomery County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $113,915 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Montgomery County number 160, with about 115,302 students.
Wissahickon Middle School is the nearest public school to Wissahickon SHS, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Wissahickon SHS, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 74.3% is below the 76.9% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Wissahickon SHS in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 4% over 4 years, reaching 1,480 in 2024-25.
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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 Wissahickon SD
- Wissahickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- Blue Bell Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Ambler
- Wissahickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
Nearby schools
- Wissahickon Middle School0.2 mi · 1,208
- Lower Gwynedd Elementary School0.3 mi · 630
- Upper Dublin High School2.0 mi · 1,272
- Fort Washington Elementary School2.1 mi · 518
- Shady Grove Elementary School2.3 mi · 698
- Maple Glen Elementary School2.4 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Wissahickon SHSWhat is the total enrollment at Wissahickon SHS?
Wissahickon SHS enrolls approximately 1,480 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Wissahickon SHS serve?
Wissahickon SHS serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wissahickon SHS have?
Wissahickon SHS employs 117 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Wissahickon SHS?
Student demographics at Wissahickon SHS are roughly 55% White, 9% Hispanic, 11% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Wissahickon SHS in?
Wissahickon SHS is part of Wissahickon SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.