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Enrollment
728
High
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST LYCOMING SD·NCES 420849006364
Hughesville JSHS
349 Cemetery St, Hughesville, PA 17737 · (570) 584-5111 · Lycoming County
GRADES 07–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- C-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
15.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
301 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 7 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 115 | 16% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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 East Lycoming SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
26.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -19.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 20 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 46.3% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Hughesville JSHS
Hughesville JSHS's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughesville JSHS this school | 728 | 41.3% | 49.2% |
| Slippery Rock Area High School Slippery Rock | 627 | 41.6% | 64.1% |
| Harbor Creek Senior High School Harborcreek | 692 | 42.8% | 66.4% |
| Big Spring High School Newville | 764 | 39.0% | 44.8% |
| General McLane High School Edinboro | 690 | 44.1% | 63.5% |
| Penns Valley Area JSHS Spring Mills | 632 | 39.9% | 58.1% |
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 Hughesville JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #314 of 576 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #444 of 626 ▼ 227 | #7 of 8 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #458 of 626 ▼ 54 | #7 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #259 of 713 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #438 of 601 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #476 of 604 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #447 of 619 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #373 of 373 | #7 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
728
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 728 | 47.3 | 15.4:1 | 41% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 46.7 | 15.7:1 | 41% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 48.4 | 15.4:1 | 32% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 46 | 16.5:1 | 32% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 48.4 | 15.1:1 | 27% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 31% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 808 | 54 | 15.0:1 | 28% (226) |
| 2000-01 | 947 | 64 | 14.8:1 | 21% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 821 | 42 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hughesville JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (730 to 728); teachers down 2% (48.4 to 47.3).
About Hughesville JSHS
Hughesville JSHS is a medium-sized high school in Hughesville, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 728 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 12.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in East Lycoming SD totals 1,601 students.
Most students at Hughesville JSHS are White: 93% of enrollment. Next come 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Hughesville JSHS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
The count of teachers at Hughesville JSHS is 47.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, lower than at this school. Around 41% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 60% for public schools in Lycoming County.
Hughesville JSHS is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Hughesville JSHS is 10.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (49.2% versus 59.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In the county around the school, Lycoming County, median household income is about $63,917, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 30 public schools operate in Lycoming County, serving about 14,288 students.
Lycoming Career and Technology Center is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Hughesville JSHS is behind the 55.8% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Hughesville JSHS is Town: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 728 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 758. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.4:1, from 16.5:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Hughesville JSHS. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Lycoming SD
- Joseph C Ashkar Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Carl G Renn Elementary SchoolElementary · 181 students
- George A Ferrell Elementary SchoolElementary · 139 students
Other schools in Hughesville
- Joseph C Ashkar Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Lycoming Career and Technology CenterHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- Lycoming Career and Technology Center0.1 mi · 1
- Joseph C Ashkar Elementary School0.2 mi · 553
- George A Ferrell Elementary School2.9 mi · 139
- Ward L Myers Elementary School3.7 mi · 451
- Muncy JSHS4.0 mi · 472
- Carl G Renn Elementary School6.3 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Hughesville JSHSWhat is the total enrollment at Hughesville JSHS?
Hughesville JSHS enrolls approximately 728 students in grades 07-12.
Is Hughesville JSHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hughesville JSHS is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hughesville JSHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hughesville JSHS is approximately 15.4:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hughesville JSHS?
Student demographics at Hughesville JSHS are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hughesville JSHS in?
Hughesville JSHS is part of East Lycoming SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.