Coudersport Area JSHS

Coudersport Area JSHS, a tiny four-year high school in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Coudersport Area SD, instructs 244 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Coudersport Area JSHS is one of 2 schools operated by Coudersport Area SD, a district that serves 509 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Coudersport Area JSHS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Coudersport Area JSHS shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Potter County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coudersport Area JSHS sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.3%; actual is 51.9%, +16.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Potter County put median household income runs about $59,020, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Potter County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,705 students), of which Coudersport Area JSHS is one.

The closest other public school is Coudersport Area El Sch, roughly 1.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, Coudersport Area JSHS comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Coudersport Area JSHS's enrollment has edged down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 370 (now 244). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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