Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS
Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS is one of the modestly sized senior highs in Strattanville, Pennsylvania, part of Clarion-Limestone Area SD, with 359 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 51% below typical.
Across the 2 schools in Clarion-Limestone Area SD (778 students total), Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clarion County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clarion County (around 72%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.7%; this one delivers 58.2%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Clarion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,649 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Clarion County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,023 students), Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Clarion-Limestone El Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.4%.
Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 359).
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