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Pennsbury High School

Summary:

Pennsbury High School is a large public high school located in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,865 students. It is part of the Pennsbury School District, which is ranked 87 out of 610 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pennsbury High School consistently performs well on state assessments, with higher proficiency rates compared to the state average in Keystone Exams for Algebra I, Biology, and Literature. For example, in 2023-2024, 50.2% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Algebra I, compared to the state average of 41.6%. The school also maintains strong graduation rates, ranging from 87.0% to 95.5% over the past few years, which are higher than the state average, and has low dropout rates, ranging from 0.1% to 1.6% during the same period. Pennsbury High School performs well across various student subgroups, ranking 28th out of 121 Pennsylvania high schools for Asian students and 107th out of 284 for African American students.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Bensalem Township High School and Truman Senior High School, Pennsbury High School significantly outperforms them in Keystone Exam proficiency rates. While the school performs well overall, there are some areas where it could potentially improve, such as the performance of Hispanic and multi-racial students, which have lower rankings compared to other subgroups.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 705 Hood Blvd
       Fairless Hills, PA  19030-3199

(215) 949-6700

District: Pennsbury School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
160th of 686 Pennsylvania High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $20,102 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.1 Help
Number of students:  2,865

Racial breakdown:

White:
72.6%
Asian:
7.3%
Hispanic:
7.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  30.2% Help


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Compare Details Pennsbury High School ranks better than 76.7% of high schools in Pennsylvania. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.95. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Pennsbury High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (72.6%), Asian (7.3%), Hispanic (7.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 30.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pennsbury High School is 13.1. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pennsbury High School is $20,102.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pennsbury High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pennsbury High School 160th of 686 Pennsylvania public high schools. (See Pennsbury High School in the ranking list.)

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Pennsbury School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Pennsbury School District 87th of 610 Pennsylvania school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pennsbury High School

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Rank History for all students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 69.10 177th 583 69.6%
2004 67.78 202nd 590 65.8%
2005 62.63 246th 593 58.5%
2006 52.16 353rd 604 41.6%
2007 60.52 285th 615 53.7%
2008 62.64 263rd 621 57.6%
2009 73.26 156th 632 75.3%
2010 74.25 142nd 649 78.1%
2011 76.37 113th 660 82.9%
2012 74.59 145th 664 78.2%
2013 83.74 57th 591 90.4%
2014 73.05 135th 580 76.7%
2015 78.33 124th 680 81.8%
2016 79.41 113th 677 83.3%
2017 81.94 87th 663 86.9%
2018 76.74 151st 673 77.6%
2019 80.53 112th 693 83.8%
2021 64.30 243rd 537 54.7%
2022 85.25 63rd 634 90.1%
2023 79.81 112th 674 83.4%
2024 74.95 160th 686 76.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 72.17 37th 129 71.3%
2024 54.02 67th 150 55.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 68.41 185th 652 71.6%
2024 66.94 195th 664 70.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 74.54 170th 665 74.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 91.31 36th 502 92.8%
2024 73.16 86th 513 83.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 73.63 162nd 662 75.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 80.78 23rd 112 79.5%
2024 76.62 28th 121 76.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 82.36 43rd 260 83.5%
2024 57.92 107th 284 62.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 60.43 95th 252 62.3%
2024 63.04 84th 274 69.3%
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Rank History for White students at Pennsbury High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools PA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 74.52 134th 577 76.8%
2024 70.51 160th 595 73.1%
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Data source: test scores: Pennsylvania Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Pennsylvania Department of Education

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 3.1)
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Reviews:
by a student
Monday, October 8, 2012

Open Quote I went there there for the end of my junior year and by my senior year in mid november I was done with the school many rude teachers and also disgusting environment having teachers calling out on a student in front of everyone is very unprofessional this school may have positive sayings by others but they are completely wrong. I got into 4 problems with the teachers in just by my end junior yr and mid november during senior year saying stuff to me in a rude way I went to hopewell valley and never Ive seen a school like it , I would say Truman High is better than pennsbury in general. Close Quote


by a parent
Sunday, October 7, 2012

Open Quote We found the school to have excellent resources, but it is what the student makes of it. The higher percentile students can take AP courses or honors courses. Those who want to can take easier courses. Some students attended Harvard, U Penn, Carnegie, Johns Hopkins, Duke and Penn State Shreyers Honors College. The resources are there for those who want to use them. I think average students who are willing to work will also fare in the district. Extra-curriculars are robust. Close Quote


by a student
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Open Quote High school was the worst 4 yrs of my life because the school districts bully policy is to protect the bully NOT the victim. I was harassed and picked on so badly that I used to eat my lunch in the bathroom. The attitudes by the school administrators is disgusting, I bet if I was there kid they would have done something about the bullying problem. Also making us do gym every year is total crap. Some kids just aren't athletic get over it. Close Quote


by a parent
Monday, November 28, 2011

Open Quote provincial district with low pssa, low sat and high teacher salaries and taxes Close Quote


by a citizen
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Open Quote Try attending the school because I had a wonderful education in all areas of life! Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Open Quote Overpaid teachers underdelivered education Close Quote



Enrollment information for Pennsbury High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1554 44 24 16 0 n/a n/a -39 1599
1989 1525 46 17 9 12 n/a n/a 0 1609
1990 1337 51 31 21 1 n/a n/a 0 1441
1991 1347 45 30 19 3 n/a n/a 0 1444
1992 1429 57 36 9 0 n/a n/a 0 1531
1993 1362 73 42 15 1 n/a n/a 0 1493
1994 1319 53 52 19 3 n/a n/a 0 1446
1995 1312 67 33 24 2 n/a n/a 0 1438
1996 1312 67 33 24 2 n/a n/a 0 1438
1997 1456 45 11 4 10 n/a n/a 0 1526
1998 1464 53 18 19 10 n/a n/a 0 1564
1999 1415 48 26 31 10 n/a n/a 0 1530
2000 1485 47 34 24 11 n/a n/a 0 1601
2001 1381 51 39 23 12 n/a n/a 0 1506
2002 1440 68 54 25 13 n/a n/a 0 1600
2003 1440 68 54 25 13 n/a n/a 0 1600
2004 1477 77 55 28 18 n/a n/a 0 1655
2005 1440 73 58 34 16 n/a n/a 0 1621
2006 3069 186 161 88 10 n/a n/a 0 3514
2007 3092 210 189 97 10 n/a n/a 0 3598
2008 3056 227 187 113 8 n/a n/a 0 3591
2009 2861 232 202 119 4 n/a n/a 5 3423
2010 2780 241 205 128 5 n/a n/a 10 3369
2011 2718 242 224 123 8 0 19 0 3334
2012 2610 241 230 109 2 0 29 0 3221
2013 2620 236 217 122 5 0 41 0 3241
2014 2556 235 210 123 3 1 46 0 3174
2015 2587 217 195 133 2 1 63 0 3198
2016 2556 224 200 143 4 0 79 0 3206
2017 2520 212 206 148 6 0 81 0 3173
2018 2396 214 227 147 6 0 101 0 3091
2019 2326 198 249 139 11 1 119 0 3043
2020 2206 187 252 148 13 1 133 0 2940
2021 2128 181 240 165 10 2 165 0 2891
2022 2114 174 220 206 9 2 182 0 2907
2023 2081 178 208 205 4 1 188 0 2865

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Pennsbury High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1599 100.0 15.9 n/a
1989 1609 109.3 14.7 n/a
1990 1441 97.8 14.7 0
1991 1444 100.0 14.4 n/a
1992 1531 97.0 15.7 n/a
1993 1493 90.0 16.6 n/a
1994 1446 87.0 16.6 n/a
1995 1438 86.0 16.7 n/a
1996 1438 86.0 16.7 n/a
1997 1526 95.1 16.0 n/a
1998 1564 94.0 16.6 n/a
1999 1530 96.3 15.9 n/a
2000 1601 101.6 15.8 0
2001 1506 97.4 15.5 0
2002 1600 98.4 16.3 0
2003 1600 98.4 16.3 0
2004 1655 97.0 17.1 0
2005 1621 102.6 15.8 0
2006 3514 201.5 17.4 0
2007 3598 204.5 17.6 0
2008 3591 218.0 16.5 n/a
2009 3423 218.8 15.6 12.3
2010 3369 228.0 14.7 11.6
2011 3334 228.3 14.6 11.8
2012 3221 221.3 14.5 14
2013 3241 220.4 14.7 14.2
2014 3174 218.6 14.5 16.1
2015 3198 224.0 14.2 13.8
2016 3206 221.0 14.5 20.1
2017 3173 223.5 14.1 23
2018 3091 212.9 14.5 23.8
2019 3043 223.1 13.6 24
2020 2940 216.6 13.5 21.7
2021 2891 215.6 13.4 24.4
2022 2907 215.8 13.4 23.4
2023 2865 217.8 13.1 30.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Pennsbury High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1599 100.0 15.9 n/a
1989 1609 109.3 14.7 n/a
1990 1441 97.8 14.7 0
1991 1444 100.0 14.4 n/a
1992 1531 97.0 15.7 n/a
1993 1493 90.0 16.6 n/a
1994 1446 87.0 16.6 n/a
1995 1438 86.0 16.7 n/a
1996 1438 86.0 16.7 n/a
1997 1526 95.1 16.0 n/a
1998 1564 94.0 16.6 n/a
1999 1530 96.3 15.9 n/a
2000 1601 101.6 15.8 0
2001 1506 97.4 15.5 0
2002 1600 98.4 16.3 0
2003 1600 98.4 16.3 0
2004 1655 97.0 17.1 0
2005 1621 102.6 15.8 0
2006 3514 201.5 17.4 0
2007 3598 204.5 17.6 0
2008 3591 218.0 16.5 n/a
2009 3423 218.8 15.6 12.3
2010 3369 228.0 14.7 11.6
2011 3334 228.3 14.6 11.8
2012 3221 221.3 14.5 14
2013 3241 220.4 14.7 14.2
2014 3174 218.6 14.5 16.1
2015 3198 224.0 14.2 13.8
2016 3206 221.0 14.5 20.1
2017 3173 223.5 14.1 23
2018 3091 212.9 14.5 23.8
2019 3043 223.1 13.6 24
2020 2940 216.6 13.5 21.7
2021 2891 215.6 13.4 24.4
2022 2907 215.8 13.4 23.4
2023 2865 217.8 13.1 30.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Pennsbury High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $172 (1.0%) $16,832 (99.0%) $17,004
2020 $220 (1.3%) $17,282 (98.7%) $17,501
2021 $327 (1.8%) $18,241 (98.2%) $18,569
2022 $491 (2.4%) $19,612 (97.6%) $20,102

Data source: Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Pennsbury High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 112th of 693 High schoolsRanks 112th of 674 High schools
 0.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
11th Grade Algebra I (Pennsbury High School)76.448.4
 28%
   11th Grade Algebra I (Pennsylvania)63.334.1
 29.2%
11th Grade Biology (Pennsbury High School)80.862.4
 18.4%
   11th Grade Biology (Pennsylvania)63.250.7
 12.5%
11th Grade Literature (Pennsbury High School)86.378.9
 7.4%
   11th Grade Literature (Pennsylvania)71.565.3
 6.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students30432865
 5.8%
African American198178
 10.1%
American Indian114
 63.6%
Asian249208
 16.5%
Hispanic139205
 47.5%
Pacific Islander11
White23262081
 10.5%
Two or More Races119188
 58%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients24%30.2%
 6.2%

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In the 2022-23 school year, 2,865 students attended Pennsbury High School.

Students at Pennsbury High School are 73% White, 7% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 6% African American.

Pennsbury High School ranks 160th of 686 Pennsylvania high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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