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Does Bloomsburg Area HS have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
362
High
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420384001612
Bloomsburg Area High School
1200 Railroad St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 · (570) 784-6100 · Columbia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
164 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 98 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 98 | 27% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bloomsburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
61.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +24.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 74.1% | 37.0% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bloomsburg Area High School
Bloomsburg Area High School's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg Area High School this school | 362 | 45.3% | 56.4% |
| Upper Dauphin Area High School Elizabethville | 331 | 48.9% | 44.1% |
| Pen Argyl Area High School Pen Argyl | 475 | 48.6% | 50.5% |
| Schuylkill Haven SHS Schuylkill Haven | 455 | 42.9% | 44.2% |
| Annville-Cleona High School Annville | 464 | 41.8% | 48.5% |
| Sharpsville Area SHS Sharpsville | 326 | 48.2% | 50.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bloomsburg Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #212 of 576 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #96 of 626 ▲ 229 | #2 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #142 of 626 ▼ 7 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #514 of 713 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #267 of 601 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #264 of 604 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #401 of 619 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #143 of 373 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
362
-97 (-21%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 362 | 26.8 | 13.5:1 | 45% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 27.8 | 14.0:1 | 42% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 27.3 | 15.7:1 | 43% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 34% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 35.2 | 11.6:1 | 33% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 33% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 36 | 9.9:1 | 32% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 22% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 41 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bloomsburg Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (410 to 362); teachers down 24% (35.2 to 26.8).
About Bloomsburg Area High School
Bloomsburg Area High School is a low-enrollment high school in Pennsylvania, located in Bloomsburg. The school had 362 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Bloomsburg Area SD operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,492 students.
At Bloomsburg Area High School, White students make up 80% of the student body. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 91%. The chance that two students picked at random at Bloomsburg Area High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.
Federal staffing data show 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bloomsburg Area High School and a ratio of 13.5:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 45% of students. Public schools in Columbia County average 56%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Bloomsburg Area High School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Bloomsburg Area High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.4%, compared with a predicted 58.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Columbia County, median household income is about $64,644, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 20 public schools operate in Columbia County, serving about 7,501 students.
Nearest public school: Bloomsburg Area Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bloomsburg Area High School ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Bloomsburg Area High School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The number of students dropped from 459 to 362 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 17.0:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloomsburg Area SD
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Bloomsburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
- W W Evans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Beaver-Main Elementary SchoolElementary · 95 students
Other schools in Bloomsburg
- Central Columbia Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical SchoolHigh · 609 students
- Central Columbia SHSHigh · 601 students
- Central Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Bloomsburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Bloomsburg Area Middle School0.0 mi · 380
- Memorial Elementary School0.6 mi · 405
- W W Evans Memorial Elementary School1.3 mi · 250
- Central Columbia SHS5.1 mi · 601
- Central Columbia Middle School5.1 mi · 587
- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School5.5 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Bloomsburg Area High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bloomsburg Area High School?
Bloomsburg Area High School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bloomsburg Area High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bloomsburg Area High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Bloomsburg Area High School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Bloomsburg Area High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bloomsburg Area High School?
At Bloomsburg Area High School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Bloomsburg Area High School in?
Bloomsburg Area High School is part of Bloomsburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.