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If you had an hour of school board time for Jersey Shore Area SHS, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
672
High
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY SHORE AREA SD·NCES 421248003034
Jersey Shore Area SHS
701 Cemetery St, Jersey Shore, PA 17740 · (570) 398-7170 · Lycoming County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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
12.4:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
325 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 9 | 184 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 157 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 151 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 180 | 27% |
Student demographics
11%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
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
65.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +22.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 38.5% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 SHS
Jersey Shore Area SHS's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Shore Area SHS this school | 672 | 48.4% | 52.5% |
| Warrior Run JSHS Turbotville | 625 | 47.0% | 46.8% |
| Karns City Jr/Sr High School Karns City | 642 | 46.1% | 41.2% |
| Cranberry Area JSHS Seneca | 563 | 50.3% | 42.4% |
| Lenape Technical School Ford City | 586 | 45.6% | 43.3% |
| Mount Pleasant Area High School Mount Pleasant | 597 | 44.7% | 52.8% |
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 Jersey Shore Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #263 of 576 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #100 of 626 ▲ 204 | #1 of 8 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #229 of 626 ▲ 161 | #3 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #296 of 713 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #168 of 601 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #497 of 604 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #372 of 619 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #198 of 373 | #4 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
672
+94 (+16%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 672 | 54 | 12.4:1 | 48% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 56 | 12.3:1 | 47% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 45% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 54 | 10.7:1 | 38% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 58.2 | 12.8:1 | 43% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 769 | 60 | 12.8:1 | 36% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 870 | 70 | 12.4:1 | 27% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 18% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 41 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jersey Shore Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (742 to 672); teachers down 7% (58.2 to 54).
About Jersey Shore Area SHS
Jersey Shore Area SHS is a mid-sized high school in Jersey Shore Area SD, located in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 672 students.
Jersey Shore Area SHS is a school in Jersey Shore Area SD. The district has 5 schools and 2,088 students.
The share of White students at Jersey Shore Area SHS is 94%. Enrollment also includes 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.
Jersey Shore Area SHS has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1, with 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 12.8:1. The school has 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Lycoming County is 60%.
Jersey Shore Area SHS earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The model predicts 56.9% for a school in Pennsylvania with Jersey Shore Area SHS's free or reduced-price lunch share. Jersey Shore Area SHS posts 52.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lycoming County show that the median household earns about $63,917 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Lycoming County has 30 public schools with about 14,288 students, including Jersey Shore Area SHS.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Jersey Shore Area Elementary School, is the closest to Jersey Shore Area SHS. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 51.7% proficiency; Jersey Shore Area SHS posts 52.5%.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 578 (2020-21) to 672 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.4:1.
People who know Jersey Shore Area SHS can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Jersey Shore Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Avis Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
- Salladasburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
Other schools in Jersey Shore
- Jersey Shore Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Jersey Shore Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Avis Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
- Salladasburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Jersey Shore Area Elementary School0.0 mi · 499
- Jersey Shore Area Middle School0.1 mi · 466
- Avis Elementary School2.6 mi · 234
- Salladasburg Elementary School5.1 mi · 217
- Woodward Elementary School9.5 mi · 215
- Robb Elementary School10.1 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Jersey Shore Area SHSHow large is Jersey Shore Area SHS?
Jersey Shore Area SHS enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Jersey Shore Area SHS serve?
Jersey Shore Area SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Jersey Shore Area SHS have?
Jersey Shore Area SHS employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jersey Shore Area SHS?
At Jersey Shore Area SHS, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Jersey Shore Area SHS public or private?
Jersey Shore Area SHS 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.