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Wissahickon High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
521 Houston Rd
Ambler, PA 19002
Phone
(215) 619-8112
District
WISSAHICKON SD
County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1467
Classroom Teachers
114

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.9% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Wissahickon High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
95%
64%
93%
64%
96%
63%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 391 26.7%
Grade 10 353 24.1%
Grade 11 353 24.1%
Grade 12 370 25.2%
Total 1467 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 64.1% 66.4% 65.3%
Black 12.8% 10.3% 15.4%
Hispanic 6.9% 6.7% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 15.9% 16.5% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 21.9% 19.9% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 20.5% 19.0% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.4% 0.8% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 38,918 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,698.8 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.1% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.5% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.2% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 21.5% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,990 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 6.0% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.7% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 65.0% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 40.9% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.5% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.8% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.0% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.5% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.9% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 3.4% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,879 $67,285,392 62.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,064 $5,158,272 4.8%
Staff $533 $2,583,984 2.4%
General Administration $481 $2,331,888 2.2%
School Administration $737 $3,572,976 3.3%
Operation $2,500 $12,120,000 11.3%
Transportation $656 $3,180,288 3.0%
Other $409 $1,982,832 1.8%
Total Support $6,380 $30,930,240 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,853 $8,983,344 8.4%
Total Expenditures $22,112 $107,198,976 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%