Mifflin Co HS

Mifflin Co HS operates as a mid-sized 9-12 campus in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Mifflin County SD. Current enrollment sits at 1,032 students spanning grades 10 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Mifflin Co HS sits 40% above that benchmark.

Mifflin Co HS is one of 9 schools operated by Mifflin County SD, a district that works with 4,491 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mifflin Co HS records that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mifflin Co HS has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Mifflin Co HS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mifflin County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mifflin Co HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mifflin County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $63,953 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Mifflin County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,774 students), of which Mifflin Co HS is one.

Mifflin Co JHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mifflin Co HS. On composite proficiency, Mifflin Co HS comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mifflin Co HS has ticked down 15%, going from 1,216 students in 2018 to 1,032 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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