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Enrollment
543
High
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAHANOY AREA SD·NCES 421443007626
Mahanoy Area JSHS
1 Golden Bear Dr, Mahanoy City, PA 17948 · (570) 773-3443 · Schuylkill County
GRADES 07–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest 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
15.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
536 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 82 | 15% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 Mahanoy Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
9.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.3% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 13.6% |
% 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Mahanoy Area JSHS
Mahanoy Area JSHS's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahanoy Area JSHS this school | 543 | 98.7% | 23.2% |
| Catasauqua SHS Northampton | 467 | 98.5% | 37.6% |
| Antietam High School Reading | 360 | 99.2% | 31.4% |
| Hanover Area JSHS Hanover Township | 977 | 97.9% | 24.5% |
| Governor Mifflin SHS Shillington | 1,425 | 99.8% | 39.8% |
| Franklin Towne CHS Philadelphia | 1,292 | 99.8% | 59.9% |
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 Mahanoy Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #511 of 576 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #564 of 626 ▼ 33 | #9 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #604 of 626 ▼ 6 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #380 of 713 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #457 of 601 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #122 of 604 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #156 of 619 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.1% | #32 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
543
+159 (+41%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 543 | 34.5 | 15.7:1 | 99% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 37.3 | 14.4:1 | 100% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 37.5 | 12.9:1 | 96% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 38 | 10.1:1 | 97% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 40.8 | 11.2:1 | 93% (424) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mahanoy Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (456 to 543); teachers down 15% (40.8 to 34.5).
About Mahanoy Area JSHS
Mahanoy Area JSHS is a small high school in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania. It had 543 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 12. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
The 2 schools of Mahanoy Area SD, including Mahanoy Area JSHS, enroll 1,132 students.
The share of White students at Mahanoy Area JSHS is 53%, a majority. Smaller groups are 42% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Schuylkill County is roughly 88% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Mahanoy Area JSHS totals 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Mahanoy Area JSHS is about 99%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Schuylkill County is 33 points.
Mahanoy Area JSHS earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mahanoy Area JSHS falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 23.2% actual against 35.3% predicted.
In Schuylkill County, the median household earns about $68,313 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Schuylkill County has 35 public schools with about 18,259 students, including Mahanoy Area JSHS.
Mahanoy Area Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Mahanoy Area JSHS, there are 4 other public schools. On average proficiency, Mahanoy Area JSHS is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Mahanoy Area JSHS falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal counts for Mahanoy Area JSHS: 384 students in 2020-21, 543 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.1 to 15.7 over 4 years.
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Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mahanoy Area SD
- Mahanoy Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
Other schools in Mahanoy City
- Mahanoy Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
Nearby schools
- Mahanoy Area Elementary School0.0 mi · 589
- Shenandoah Valley Elementary School3.2 mi · 726
- Shenandoah Valley JSHS3.2 mi · 546
- Schuylkill Technology Centers-North Campus4.8 mi · 1
- Saint Clair Area El/MS6.6 mi · 547
- North Schuylkill Elementary School7.8 mi · 1,064
Frequently asked questions
About Mahanoy Area JSHSHow many students attend Mahanoy Area JSHS?
Mahanoy Area JSHS enrolls approximately 543 students in grades 07-12.
Is Mahanoy Area JSHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mahanoy Area JSHS is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Mahanoy Area JSHS?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Mahanoy Area JSHS.
How diverse is Mahanoy Area JSHS?
Mahanoy Area JSHS reports a student body of 53% White, 42% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Mahanoy Area JSHS?
Mahanoy Area JSHS is overseen by Mahanoy Area SD in Schuylkill County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.