Hughesville JSHS

As a mid-sized senior high in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, Hughesville JSHS instructs 728 students from grades 7 through 12, operated by East Lycoming SD.

Across the 4 schools in East Lycoming SD (1,601 students total), Hughesville JSHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hughesville JSHS reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lycoming County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hughesville JSHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.9%, the actual is 49.2%, a residual of -10.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lycoming County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,917 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lycoming County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), Hughesville JSHS is one campus in the mix.

Lycoming Career and Technology Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Hughesville JSHS. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hughesville JSHS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.8%.

Hughesville JSHS operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 730 students in 2018 compared to 728 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Hughesville JSHS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.