Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch

Set in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch is a middle-of-the-pack middle school, overseen by Williamsport Area SD. It hosts 543 students across grades 4 through 6.

Williamsport Area SD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,731 students; Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch is among them.

Demographically, Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch lists that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 9% Black, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Lycoming County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lycoming County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,917 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Lycoming County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hepburn-Lycoming Primary Sch, around 1.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lycoming Valley Intrmd Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 615 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.