1
What's the one class at Blue Mountain HS every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
791
High
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE MOUNTAIN SD·NCES 420387003891
Blue Mountain High School
1076 W Market St, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972 · (570) 366-0511 · Schuylkill County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL791 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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
11.8:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
298 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 204 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 205 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 202 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 180 | 23% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 Blue Mountain SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.4pp 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 39 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 down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.6% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 46.8% |
% 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Blue Mountain High School
Blue Mountain High School's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain High School this school | 791 | 37.7% | 59.3% |
| Big Spring High School Newville | 764 | 39.0% | 44.8% |
| North Pocono High School Covington Twp | 915 | 36.7% | 61.9% |
| Lake-Lehman JSHS Lehman | 745 | 37.4% | 50.0% |
| Elizabeth Forward SHS Elizabeth | 763 | 38.0% | 59.4% |
| Greencastle-Antrim SHS Greencastle | 982 | 38.4% | 60.5% |
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 Blue Mountain High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #177 of 576 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #308 of 626 ▼ 102 | #4 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #148 of 626 ▼ 9 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 791 | #236 of 713 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #116 of 601 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.7% | #407 of 604 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #478 of 619 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #137 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
791
-66 (-8%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 791 | 66.7 | 11.8:1 | 38% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 815 | 70.8 | 11.5:1 | 37% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 72.6 | 11.1:1 | 29% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 23% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 900 | 60 | 15.0:1 | 25% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 810 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 28% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 978 | 70 | 14.0:1 | 17% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 967 | 52 | 18.6:1 | 7% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 797 | 51 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Mountain High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (900 to 791); teachers up 11% (60 to 66.7).
About Blue Mountain High School
A mid-sized high school in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, Blue Mountain High School is part of Blue Mountain SD. There are 791 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12.
Besides Blue Mountain High School, Blue Mountain SD runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 2,412 students.
At Blue Mountain High School, 91% of students are White. After that, the student body is 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put Schuylkill County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Blue Mountain High School scores 18%.
With 66.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.8:1. High schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 12.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Blue Mountain High School, 38% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Schuylkill County.
Blue Mountain High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 63% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.5% for Blue Mountain High School. The school posts 59.3%, 2.2 points below the prediction.
In Schuylkill County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $68,313 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Schuylkill County number 35, with about 18,259 students.
About 1.8 miles separate Blue Mountain High School from the closest public school, Schuylkill Haven El Center. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Blue Mountain High School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment fell 8% over 4 years, reaching 791 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.5:1 in 2020-21 and 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
You can use this page to share news and ask questions about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. You can also rate the school on this page.
Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Mountain SD
- Blue Mountain El East SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Blue Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Blue Mountain El West SchoolElementary · 451 students
Other schools in Schuylkill Haven
- Schuylkill Haven SHSHigh · 455 students
- Schuylkill Haven El CenterElementary · 451 students
- Schuylkill Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 255 students
Other Blue Mountain High schools
One other US public school is named Blue Mountain High. Blue Mountain High School is the largest of the 2.
- Blue Mountain High SchoolBlue Mountain, MS · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Schuylkill Haven El Center1.8 mi · 451
- Schuylkill Haven SHS2.0 mi · 455
- Schuylkill Haven Middle School2.1 mi · 255
- Blue Mountain El East School2.6 mi · 609
- Blue Mountain Middle School2.7 mi · 561
- Gillingham Charter School3.9 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Mountain High SchoolHow large is Blue Mountain High School?
Blue Mountain High School enrolls approximately 791 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Blue Mountain High School serve?
Blue Mountain High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Blue Mountain High School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Blue Mountain High School.
What is the student diversity at Blue Mountain High School?
Student demographics at Blue Mountain High School are roughly 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Blue Mountain High School in?
Blue Mountain High School is part of Blue Mountain SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.