Mid Valley Secondary Center

Mid Valley Secondary Center operates as a medium-sized senior high in Throop, Pennsylvania, operated by Mid Valley SD. Current enrollment sits at 898 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Mid Valley Secondary Center sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

Mid Valley SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,925 students. Mid Valley Secondary Center is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mid Valley Secondary Center lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Mid Valley Secondary Center higher than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lackawanna County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mid Valley Secondary Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 48.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lackawanna County put median household income runs about $66,223, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Lackawanna County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students), Mid Valley Secondary Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mid Valley El Ctr, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mid Valley Secondary Center at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mid Valley Secondary Center has ticked up 21%, going from 745 students in 2018 to 898 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 85% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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