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York Academy Regional CS
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About York Academy Regional CS
York Academy Regional CS is a low-enrollment unified-grade school in York, Pennsylvania, overseen by York Academy Regional CS. The school serves 1,058 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 1,819.
York Academy Regional CS sits inside York Academy Regional CS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On the student-mix side, York Academy Regional CS shows that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 28% Black, 21% White, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, York Academy Regional CS has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 95% of students at York Academy Regional CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against York County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.
With demographic context factored in, York Academy Regional CS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -1.6 points.
In the broader community, York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, York County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), of which York Academy Regional CS is one.
Nearest neighbor: Ferguson Sch, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around York Academy Regional CS. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), York Academy Regional CS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 14.2%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site. York Academy Regional CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at York Academy Regional CS has ticked up 57%, going from 675 students in 2018 to 1,058 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.
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