Wissahickon SHS
Ambler, PA · High School · Grades 9-12
Wissahickon SHS is a high school in Ambler, PA with 1,459 students enrolled and a 66% proficiency rate. Part of Wissahickon SD. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Wissahickon SHS is a high school located in Ambler, Pennsylvania. The school serves 1,459 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 66% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 83% graduation rate.
24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Wissahickon SHS is part of the Wissahickon SD in Pennsylvania.
How This School Compares
Wissahickon SHS has 1,459 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Wissahickon SD (843 students). Its 66% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points above the district average of 63%. Compared to the Pennsylvania state average of 46%, the school performs 20 points higher. With a 12.9:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Wissahickon SHS has 1,459 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 66% of students at Wissahickon SHS meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Wissahickon SHS has a 83% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Wissahickon SHS is part of the Wissahickon SD in Ambler, Pennsylvania. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.