Enrollment
374
High
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUNIATA VALLEY SD·NCES 421263002308
Juniata Valley JSHS
7775 Juniata Valley Pike, Alexandria, PA 16611 · (814) 669-4401 · Huntingdon County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- CTest 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
11.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
202 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 6 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 54 | 14% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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 Juniata Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
33.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 25.4% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Juniata Valley JSHS
Juniata Valley JSHS's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata Valley JSHS this school | 374 | 54.0% | 42.4% |
| Jefferson-Morgan MS/HS Jefferson | 383 | 52.0% | 41.3% |
| West Middlesex Area JSHS West Middlesex | 332 | 53.9% | 50.1% |
| Cambridge Springs JSHS Cambridge Springs | 345 | 55.4% | 45.5% |
| Seneca High School Erie | 383 | 51.2% | 71.3% |
| Cambria Heights SHS Patton | 419 | 51.8% | 62.2% |
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 Juniata Valley JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Huntingdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #404 of 576 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #369 of 626 ▲ 69 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #367 of 626 ▼ 19 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #504 of 713 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #79 of 601 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #571 of 604 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #308 of 619 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #175 of 221 | N/A |
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
374
-43 (-10%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 374 | 33 | 11.3:1 | 54% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 54% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 35% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 35% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 27.7 | 13.2:1 | 36% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 44% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 35% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 31% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juniata Valley JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (365 to 374); teachers up 19% (27.7 to 33).
About Juniata Valley JSHS
Juniata Valley JSHS is a low-enrollment high school for students in Alexandria, Pennsylvania. It teaches 374 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 738 students on average.
A total of 2 schools make up Juniata Valley SD, with 659 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Juniata Valley JSHS is 97% White. The next largest groups are 2% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. The school has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Federal data show 54% of students (202) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Huntingdon County is 63%.
Juniata Valley JSHS earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The model predicts 54.5% for a school in Pennsylvania with Juniata Valley JSHS's free or reduced-price lunch share. Juniata Valley JSHS posts 42.4%.
Huntingdon County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $65,557 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Juniata Valley JSHS shares Huntingdon County with 16 other public schools.
Juniata Valley Elementary School is the nearest public school to Juniata Valley JSHS, about 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles of Juniata Valley JSHS, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Juniata Valley JSHS ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 417 in 2020-21 to 374 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.4:1 in 2020-21 to 11.3:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Juniata Valley JSHS can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Huntingdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,653
Census ACS
Median income
$65,557
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Juniata Valley SD
- Juniata Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
Other schools in Alexandria
- Juniata Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Juniata Valley Elementary School0.1 mi · 285
- Standing Stone Elementary School5.2 mi · 382
- Huntingdon Area Middle School5.3 mi · 419
- Huntingdon Area SHS5.3 mi · 546
- New Day CS6.3 mi · 139
- Southside Elementary School6.9 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Juniata Valley JSHSWhat is the total enrollment at Juniata Valley JSHS?
Juniata Valley JSHS enrolls approximately 374 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Juniata Valley JSHS serve?
Juniata Valley JSHS serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Juniata Valley JSHS have?
Juniata Valley JSHS employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Juniata Valley JSHS?
Student demographics at Juniata Valley JSHS are roughly 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Juniata Valley JSHS?
Juniata Valley JSHS is overseen by Juniata Valley SD in Huntingdon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.