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What's something Jersey Shore MS does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY SHORE AREA SD·NCES 421248003033
Jersey Shore Area Middle School
601 Thompson St, Jersey Shore, PA 17740 · (570) 398-7400 · Lycoming County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
275 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 158 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 30% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Jersey Shore Area Middle School→Jersey Shore Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Jersey Shore Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Jersey Shore Area Middle School
Jersey Shore Area Middle School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Shore Area Middle School this school | 466 | 59.0% | 51.0% |
| Tyrone Area Middle School Tyrone | 489 | 56.4% | 43.9% |
| Southmoreland Middle School Scottdale | 410 | 61.0% | 52.4% |
| Chestnut Ridge Middle School Fishertown | 424 | 54.7% | 55.8% |
| Rock L Butler Middle School Wellsboro | 433 | 54.7% | 59.8% |
| Wattsburg Area Middle School Erie | 383 | 64.0% | 53.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Jersey Shore Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #200 of 479 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #227 of 513 ▼ 9 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #172 of 513 ▲ 7 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #326 of 522 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #165 of 486 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #456 of 486 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #198 of 510 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #59 of 332 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
466
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 466 | 38.5 | 12.1:1 | 59% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 57% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 39.3 | 12.0:1 | 54% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 43% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 40.8 | 14.4:1 | 49% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 47% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 34% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 829 | 44 | 18.8:1 | 26% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 42 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jersey Shore Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (587 to 466); teachers down 6% (40.8 to 38.5).
About Jersey Shore Area Middle School
Jersey Shore Area Middle School serves students in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, as a small middle-grades school. It serves 466 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students.
Jersey Shore Area SD operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,088 students.
White students make up 94% of enrollment at Jersey Shore Area Middle School. The remaining shares are 3% multiracial. Jersey Shore Area Middle School's diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Jersey Shore Area Middle School was 12.1:1. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania have 13.2:1, compared with 12.1:1 here. Jersey Shore Area Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 59%. That tracks the 60% average for public schools in Lycoming County.
The allk12 Grade for Jersey Shore Area Middle School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Pennsylvania, Jersey Shore Area Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 51.0% actual against a predicted 52.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lycoming County show that the median household income is $63,917, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jersey Shore Area Middle School is one of 30 public schools in the county.
Jersey Shore Area Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Jersey Shore Area Middle School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Jersey Shore Area Middle School is 5th on average proficiency.
Jersey Shore Area Middle School is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment went from 463 in 2020-21 to 466 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students.
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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 Jersey Shore Area SD
- Jersey Shore Area SHSHigh · 672 students
- Jersey Shore Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Avis Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
- Salladasburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
Other schools in Jersey Shore
- Jersey Shore Area SHSHigh · 672 students
- Jersey Shore Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Avis Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
- Salladasburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Jersey Shore Area Elementary School0.1 mi · 499
- Jersey Shore Area SHS0.1 mi · 672
- Avis Elementary School2.5 mi · 234
- Salladasburg Elementary School4.9 mi · 217
- Woodward Elementary School9.6 mi · 215
- Robb Elementary School10.2 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Jersey Shore Area Middle SchoolHow large is Jersey Shore Area Middle School?
Jersey Shore Area Middle School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 06-08.
Is Jersey Shore Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jersey Shore Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Jersey Shore Area Middle School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Jersey Shore Area Middle School.
How diverse is Jersey Shore Area Middle School?
Jersey Shore Area Middle School reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Jersey Shore Area Middle School public or private?
Jersey Shore Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jersey Shore Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.