Summary:
The Pequea Valley School District in Pennsylvania contains a single high school, Pequea Valley High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has declined in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 180th out of 674 Pennsylvania high schools in 2022-2023 to 392nd out of 681 in 2024-2025. Similarly, the school's SchoolDigger rating has decreased from 4 stars to 2 stars over the same period.
Academically, Pequea Valley High School has shown mixed results. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates on the Keystone Exams were below the state averages in Algebra I, Biology, and Literature. However, in the previous year, the school's proficiency rates were above the state averages in Algebra I and Biology, but still below in Literature. The school's four-year graduation rate of 87.9% for the 2023-2024 school year is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 1.4% is relatively low.
Demographic and financial data suggest that Pequea Valley High School serves a population with a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families, with 54.87% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The school's per-student spending of $25,309 for the 2022-2023 school year is higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 12.5 is lower than the state average, indicating smaller class sizes. However, these resources do not appear to be translating into consistently strong academic outcomes, as evidenced by the school's declining performance metrics.
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