Summary:
The 19539 zip code is home to a single high school, Brandywine Heights High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 124th out of 674 Pennsylvania high schools in 2022-2023 to 463rd out of 686 in 2023-2024.
Brandywine Heights High School's academic achievement, as measured by Keystone Exam proficiency rates, is generally on par with the district average but lags behind the state average, particularly in Algebra I and Literature. The school's four-year graduation rate of 87.9% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 1.4% is relatively low. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 10.1 and a moderate level of economic disadvantage, with 30.94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Despite the school's fluctuating performance and academic challenges, it benefits from a relatively high per-student spending of $30,008, which is above the state average. The Brandywine Heights Area School District is ranked 236th out of 606 districts in Pennsylvania and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating that the district as a whole is performing at a moderate level.
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