Lewisburg HS
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lewisburg HS
Lewisburg HS is one of the close-knit 9-12 campuss in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, overseen by Lewisburg Area SD, with 551 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Lewisburg HS sits 25% smaller than that benchmark.
Within Lewisburg Area SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,809 students, Lewisburg HS is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Lewisburg HS logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Lewisburg HS shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Lewisburg HS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Lewisburg HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.8%.
Across the wider county, census data for Union County shows median household earnings sit near $76,404, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Union County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,811 students), Lewisburg HS is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Kelly El Sch, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lewisburg HS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.2%.
Lewisburg HS operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 618 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 85% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.
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