Juniata El Sch

Set in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, Juniata El Sch is a sizable elementary school, run under Juniata County SD. It serves 686 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 55% above the state mean of about 443.

Within Juniata County SD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,234 students, Juniata El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Juniata El Sch logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Juniata El Sch has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Juniata El Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.1%; this one comes in at 34.3%, -19.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Juniata County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,318 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Juniata County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,234 students), of which Juniata El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Juniata SHS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Juniata El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.