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School Finder
Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.
How the School Finder works
Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:
- Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
- Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
- School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.
The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.
Top 100 of many matching schools
Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth Charter Academy Cs Harrisburg, PA | 29,320 |
| Pennsylvania Cyber Cs Midland, PA | 10,178 |
| Reach Cyber Cs Harrisburg, PA | 5,721 |
| Reading Shs Reading, PA | 4,879 |
| Upper Darby Shs Drexel Hill, PA | 4,187 |
| Agora Cyber Cs King of Prussia, PA | 4,156 |
| Hazleton Area Hs Hazle Township, PA | 4,071 |
| Chester Community Cs Chester, PA | 3,782 |
| Northeast Hs Philadelphia, PA | 3,463 |
| Insight Pa Cyber Cs Exton, PA | 3,385 |
| Parkland Hs Allentown, PA | 3,279 |
| North Penn Shs Lansdale, PA | 3,165 |
| Cumberland Valley Hs Mechanicsburg, PA | 3,163 |
| William Allen Hs Allentown, PA | 3,074 |
| Neshaminy Hs Langhorne, PA | 2,916 |
| Pennsylvania Leadership Cs West Chester, PA | 2,874 |
| Pennsbury Hs Fairless Hills, PA | 2,847 |
| Emmaus Hs Emmaus, PA | 2,842 |
| Easton Area Hs Easton, PA | 2,778 |
| Pennsylvania Virtual Cs King of Prussia, PA | 2,772 |
| North Allegheny Hs Wexford, PA | 2,711 |
| Abington Shs Abington, PA | 2,692 |
| Collegium Cs Exton, PA | 2,634 |
| Spring-Ford Shs 9-12 Ctr Royersford, PA | 2,629 |
| Mccaskey Campus Lancaster, PA | 2,600 |
| Philadelphia Performing Arts Cs Philadelphia, PA | 2,572 |
| Wilkes-Barre Area Hs Plains, PA | 2,569 |
| Liberty Hs Bethlehem, PA | 2,541 |
| Erie Hs Erie, PA | 2,501 |
| Lincoln Hs Philadelphia, PA | 2,472 |
| State College Area Hs State College, PA | 2,402 |
| Central Hs Philadelphia, PA | 2,329 |
| Chambersburg Area Shs Chambersburg, PA | 2,319 |
| Seneca Valley Hs Harmony, PA | 2,282 |
| Hempfield Shs Landisville, PA | 2,281 |
| Conestoga Shs Berwyn, PA | 2,264 |
| Norristown Area Hs Norristown, PA | 2,256 |
| Altoona Area Hs Altoona, PA | 2,255 |
| Bensalem Twp Hs Bensalem, PA | 2,151 |
| Mcdowell Hs Erie, PA | 2,133 |
| Wilson Hs West Lawn, PA | 2,133 |
| Pennridge Hs Perkasie, PA | 2,125 |
| Souderton Area Shs Souderton, PA | 2,121 |
| Boyertown Area Shs Boyertown, PA | 2,052 |
| Dallastown Area Shs Dallastown, PA | 2,046 |
| Abington Ms Abington, PA | 2,044 |
| Haverford Shs Havertown, PA | 1,994 |
| Central Dauphin Shs Harrisburg, PA | 1,966 |
| Butler Area Shs Butler, PA | 1,956 |
| Manheim Twp Hs Lancaster, PA | 1,953 |
| Council Rock Hs South Holland, PA | 1,921 |
| Louis E Dieruff Hs Allentown, PA | 1,914 |
| Avon Grove Cs West Grove, PA | 1,897 |
| Easton Area Ms Easton, PA | 1,879 |
| Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Cs Bethlehem, PA | 1,878 |
| Mast Community Cs Ii Philadelphia, PA | 1,875 |
| Northampton Area Hs Northampton, PA | 1,866 |
| First Philadelphia Preparatory Cs Philadelphia, PA | 1,831 |
| Ridley Hs Folsom, PA | 1,825 |
| Scranton Hs Scranton, PA | 1,815 |
| Owen J Roberts Hs Pottstown, PA | 1,810 |
| Penn Manor Hs Millersville, PA | 1,807 |
| Downingtown Hs West Campus Downingtown, PA | 1,796 |
| Freedom Hs Bethlehem, PA | 1,792 |
| Central Ms Reading, PA | 1,785 |
| Northeast Community Propel Academy Philadelphia, PA | 1,783 |
| Mt Lebanon Shs Pittsburgh, PA | 1,772 |
| Mayfair Sch Philadelphia, PA | 1,763 |
| Central York Hs York, PA | 1,756 |
| Washington George Hs Philadelphia, PA | 1,755 |
| Avon Grove Hs West Grove, PA | 1,744 |
| Central Bucks Hs-South Warrington, PA | 1,719 |
| William Tennent Hs Warminster, PA | 1,710 |
| Downingtown Hs East Campus Exton, PA | 1,708 |
| William Penn Shs York, PA | 1,681 |
| Cedar Crest Hs Lebanon, PA | 1,676 |
| Council Rock Hs North Newtown, PA | 1,674 |
| Lower Merion Hs Ardmore, PA | 1,674 |
| Norwin Shs North Huntingdon, PA | 1,671 |
| Canon-Mcmillan Shs Canonsburg, PA | 1,660 |
| Baldwin Shs Pittsburgh, PA | 1,657 |
| Esperanza Academy Cs Philadelphia, PA | 1,637 |
| Upper Moreland El Sch Hatboro, PA | 1,627 |
| Truman Shs Levittown, PA | 1,626 |
| Frank Anne Sch Philadelphia, PA | 1,622 |
| Perkiomen Valley Hs Collegeville, PA | 1,616 |
| York Co School of Technology York, PA | 1,615 |
| Nazareth Area Hs Nazareth, PA | 1,607 |
| Altoona Area Jr Hs Altoona, PA | 1,578 |
| Haverford Ms Havertown, PA | 1,578 |
| Central Dauphin East Shs Harrisburg, PA | 1,573 |
| Quakertown Community Hs Quakertown, PA | 1,570 |
| Carlisle Area Hs Carlisle, PA | 1,559 |
| New Foundations Cs Philadelphia, PA | 1,529 |
| Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch York, PA | 1,519 |
| Mariana Bracetti Academy Cs Philadelphia, PA | 1,512 |
| Baldi C C a Ms Philadelphia, PA | 1,510 |
| Pocono Mountain West Hs Pocono Summit, PA | 1,501 |
| Methacton Hs Eagleville, PA | 1,499 |
| Executive Education Academy Cs Allentown, PA | 1,497 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25