Carlisle Area HS
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,559 students
Big Spring HS
100 Mount Rock Rd, Newville, PA 17241
Grades
9–12
High
Students
764
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Big Spring SD
Cumberland County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 629 Pennsylvania high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Pennsylvania high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Big Spring HS
Big Spring HS is a public high school in Newville, Pennsylvania, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Big Spring SD. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Cumberland County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 764 students were enrolled, with about 13.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is close to the typical Pennsylvania high school (13.3 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 629 Pennsylvania high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 764 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.6 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 16
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Big Spring SD
- County
- Cumberland County
- NCES school ID
- 420366001677
Schools near Big Spring HS
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.