Enrollment
93
High
DISTRICT 117 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY AREA SD·NCES 421152007545
Harmony Area JSHS
5239 Ridge Rd, Westover, PA 16692 · (814) 845-7655 · Clearfield County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- 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
4.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
83 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 21 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 11 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 16 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 21 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 12 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 12 | 13% |
Student demographics
4%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Harmony Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
25.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 30.4% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Harmony Area JSHS
Harmony Area JSHS's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Area JSHS this school | 93 | 89.2% | 44.9% |
| Austin Area JSHS Austin | 61 | 95.1% | 69.0% |
| Fannett-Metal SHS Willow Hill | 124 | 99.2% | 46.9% |
| Chester County Technical College High School - Brandywine Downingtown | 75 | 96.0% | N/A |
| Galeton JSHS Galeton | 144 | 97.9% | 31.2% |
| Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering Phoenixville | 79 | 96.2% | 9.8% |
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 Harmony Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Clearfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #632 of 713 | #6 of 7 |
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
93
-20 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
4.6:1
was 4.3:1
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 | 93 | 20.2 | 4.6:1 | 89% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 83 | 17.8 | 4.7:1 | 100% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 114 | 19.5 | 5.8:1 | 79% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | 26 | 4.3:1 | 83% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 140 | 15.5 | 9.0:1 | 88% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 147 | 15 | 9.8:1 | 98% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (140 to 93); teachers up 30% (15.5 to 20.2).
About Harmony Area JSHS
As a small high school, Harmony Area JSHS serves students in Westover, Pennsylvania. Its 93 students are spread across grades 7 through 12. The school's enrollment is 87% smaller than the 738 average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Harmony Area SD is responsible for 2 schools, Harmony Area JSHS included, with 234 students in all.
At Harmony Area JSHS, White students make up 98% of the student body. Harmony Area JSHS has a diversity index of 4%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Harmony Area JSHS total 20.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 4.6:1. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Harmony Area 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.
In Pennsylvania, Harmony Area JSHS is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.9% actual against a predicted 39.3%.
Census estimates describe Clearfield County this way: median household income is about $62,152, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 19 public schools in Clearfield County, with a combined enrollment of about 8,409.
The nearest other public school, Harmony Area Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within ten miles of Harmony Area JSHS. Harmony Area JSHS places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 93, 18% below the 113 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Harmony Area JSHS. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clearfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,635
Census ACS
Median income
$62,152
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,409 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harmony Area SD
- Harmony Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony Area Elementary School0.0 mi · 141
- Northern Cambria High School8.9 mi · 262
- Northern Cambria Elementary School9.0 mi · 262
- Northern Cambria Middle School9.0 mi · 234
- Purchase Line Elementary School10.1 mi · 353
- Purchase Line JSHS10.4 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony Area JSHSHow many students attend Harmony Area JSHS?
Harmony Area JSHS enrolls approximately 93 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Harmony Area JSHS serve?
Harmony Area JSHS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harmony Area JSHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harmony Area JSHS is approximately 4.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harmony Area JSHS?
At Harmony Area JSHS, the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Harmony Area JSHS?
Harmony Area JSHS is overseen by Harmony Area SD in Clearfield County.
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