York Suburban SHS

York Suburban SHS is one of the middle-of-the-pack four-year high schools in York, Pennsylvania, overseen by York Suburban SD, with 859 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

York Suburban SHS is one of 6 schools operated by York Suburban SD, a district that serves 2,840 students overall.

On the student-mix side, York Suburban SHS logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against York County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), York Suburban SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.8%, the actual is 74.3%, a residual of +15.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for York County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. York Suburban SHS is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

Nearest neighbor: Valley View El Sch, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts York Suburban SHS at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 31.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. York Suburban SHS's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 914 (now 859). The White share of enrollment fell from 75% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On allk12, members of the York Suburban SHS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.