Summary:
Bensalem Township School District in Pennsylvania has only one high school, Bensalem Township High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has consistently maintained a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger and has ranked between 411 and 440 out of 634 to 686 Pennsylvania high schools over the past three school years.
Academically, Bensalem Township High School's performance on the Keystone Exams lags behind the state averages, particularly in Algebra I, where only 34.3% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in the 2023-2024 school year, compared to the state average of 41.6%. The school's four-year graduation rate of 87.5% is also slightly lower than the state average, while its dropout rate of 1.6% is slightly higher. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 55.66%.
Despite the district's higher-than-average spending per student of $20,622 for the 2021-2022 school year, the school's academic performance suggests that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution. The school may need to examine how resources are being allocated and utilized to better support student success and address the challenges faced by its economically disadvantaged student population.
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