Enrollment
241
High
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSONBURG AREA SD·NCES 421257006218
Johnsonburg Area High School
315 High School Rd, Johnsonburg, PA 15845 · (814) 965-2556 · Elk County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
10.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
251 students
DISTRICT 106% · 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 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 45 | 19% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 Johnsonburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
55.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 59.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Johnsonburg Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #92 of 576 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #148 of 626 ▼ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #103 of 626 ▲ 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #585 of 713 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #37 of 601 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #452 of 604 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #48 of 619 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #175 of 373 |
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
241
-25 (-9%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 241 | 23.2 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 23.3 | 10.8:1 | 100% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 24.3 | 10.4:1 | 44% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 23 | 11.6:1 | 44% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 24.5 | 11.0:1 | 35% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 25 | 10.3:1 | 39% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 29 | 10.8:1 | 38% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 23% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 31 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnsonburg Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (269 to 241); teachers down 5% (24.5 to 23.2).
About Johnsonburg Area High School
Johnsonburg Area High School is a high school with a street address in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania. The school runs grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 241 students. That compares with an average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
The 2 schools of Johnsonburg Area SD, including Johnsonburg Area High School, enroll 513 students.
At Johnsonburg Area High School, 93% of students are White. The remaining students are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Elk County at about 95% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.4:1. The school has 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 10.4:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Johnsonburg Area High School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
In Pennsylvania, Johnsonburg Area High School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.6% compared with a predicted 33.0%.
Looking at the county, Elk County, median household income comes to about $66,380, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 10 public schools and about 3,139 students.
Johnsonburg Area Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Johnsonburg Area High School. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Johnsonburg Area High School comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Johnsonburg Area High School is Rural: Distant.
From 266 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 241 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 11.6:1 to 10.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Elk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,506
Census ACS
Median income
$66,380
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnsonburg Area SD
- Johnsonburg Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Other schools in Johnsonburg
- Johnsonburg Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Johnsonburg Area Elementary School0.7 mi · 272
- Ridgway Area High School5.4 mi · 224
- Ridgway Area Middle School5.4 mi · 198
- Francis S Grandinetti Elementary School6.7 mi · 359
- South St Marys Street Elementary School8.5 mi · 583
- St Marys Area SHS9.9 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Johnsonburg Area High SchoolHow large is Johnsonburg Area High School?
Johnsonburg Area High School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades 07-12.
Is Johnsonburg Area High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Johnsonburg Area High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Johnsonburg Area High School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Johnsonburg Area High School.
What is the student diversity at Johnsonburg Area High School?
Student demographics at Johnsonburg Area High School are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Johnsonburg Area High School in?
Johnsonburg Area High School is part of Johnsonburg Area SD.
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