Enrollment
365
High
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHERN TIOGA SD·NCES 421773004058
Cowanesque Valley JSHS
51 North Fork Road, Westfield, PA 16950 · (814) 367-2233 · Tioga County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
379 students
DISTRICT 101% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 7 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 36 | 10% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 21.3% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Cowanesque Valley JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #359 of 576 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #475 of 626 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #501 of 626 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #512 of 713 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #186 of 601 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #582 of 604 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #52 of 619 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #274 of 373 |
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
365
+32 (+10%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 365 | 28.8 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 28.8 | 13.2:1 | 100% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 31.8 | 11.3:1 | 100% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 32 | 10.4:1 | 54% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 33.8 | 11.4:1 | 59% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 51% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 49% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 46% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cowanesque Valley JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (385 to 365); teachers down 15% (33.8 to 28.8).
About Cowanesque Valley JSHS
Cowanesque Valley JSHS is a small high school in Westfield, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 365 students, from grades 7 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Northern Tioga SD oversees Cowanesque Valley JSHS and 4 other schools, with 1,989 students in total.
The student body at Cowanesque Valley JSHS is 97% White. The county population is about 96% White, within a few points of the school. Cowanesque Valley JSHS's diversity index is 6%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.7 students per teacher. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Cowanesque Valley JSHS 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.
Cowanesque Valley JSHS's average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.3% is 13.2 points above the 33.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Tioga County show that the median household income is $64,899, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Tioga County is home to 14 public schools and about 5,053 public school students.
Westfield Area Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The ten-mile area around Cowanesque Valley JSHS holds 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 42.7% on proficiency, and Cowanesque Valley JSHS is above that at 46.3%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 365 students in 2024-25, 32 more than the 333 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.7:1) than in 2020-21 (10.4:1).
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Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,945
Census ACS
Median income
$64,899
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northern Tioga SD
- Williamson SHSHigh · 543 students
- Russell B Walter Elementary SchoolElementary · 463 students
- Westfield Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Clark Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Other schools in Westfield
- Westfield Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Westfield Area Elementary School0.5 mi · 315
- Northern Potter JSHS8.7 mi · 219
- JASPER-TROUPSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 207
- Northern Potter Childrens School8.8 mi · 293
- Galeton Area School13.2 mi · 145
- Galeton JSHS13.2 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About Cowanesque Valley JSHSHow many students attend Cowanesque Valley JSHS?
Cowanesque Valley JSHS enrolls approximately 365 students in grades 07-12.
Is Cowanesque Valley JSHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cowanesque Valley JSHS is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cowanesque Valley JSHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cowanesque Valley JSHS is approximately 12.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cowanesque Valley JSHS?
Cowanesque Valley JSHS reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Cowanesque Valley JSHS in?
Cowanesque Valley JSHS is part of Northern Tioga SD.
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