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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mifflinburg Area SHS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
499
High
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIFFLINBURG AREA SD·NCES 422601004091
Mifflinburg Area SHS
75 Market St, Mifflinburg, PA 17844 · (570) 966-8230 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
496 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 9 | 129 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 136 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 118 | 24% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Mifflinburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +15.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 40.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Mifflinburg Area SHS
Mifflinburg Area SHS's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflinburg Area SHS this school | 499 | 99.4% | 56.1% |
| River Valley High School Blairsville | 427 | 97.9% | 51.0% |
| Wyalusing Valley JSHS Wyalusing | 586 | 98.8% | 47.6% |
| Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center Connellsville | 592 | 98.8% | 22.3% |
| Oil City SHS Oil City | 611 | 100.0% | 46.0% |
| Springdale JSHS Springdale | 421 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
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 Mifflinburg Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #214 of 576 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #145 of 626 ▲ 134 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #146 of 626 ▲ 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #407 of 713 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #110 of 601 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.7% | #394 of 604 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #132 of 619 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #61 of 373 |
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
499
-99 (-17%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 499 | 42.5 | 11.8:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 45.5 | 11.5:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 41.5 | 11.9:1 | 46% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 598 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 33% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 43.2 | 14.2:1 | 30% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 31% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 17% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 688 | 47 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mifflinburg Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (611 to 499); teachers down 2% (43.2 to 42.5).
About Mifflinburg Area SHS
Mifflinburg Area SHS is a low-enrollment high school in Mifflinburg Area SD, located in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. A total of 499 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students, so this school is 32% smaller than average.
Mifflinburg Area SD (4 schools, 1,701 students) runs Mifflinburg Area SHS.
Mifflinburg Area SHS's enrollment is 90% White. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 89% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Mifflinburg Area SHS counts 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.8 students for each one. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 11.8:1 here. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Union County report 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Mifflinburg Area SHS is A-. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places Mifflinburg Area SHS in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 21.2 points above it (56.1% actual, 35.0% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that the median household income is $76,404, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 10 public schools in Union County, enrolling about 3,811 students in all.
The closest public school to Mifflinburg Area SHS is Mifflinburg Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Mifflinburg Area SHS is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. The school's 56.1% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Mifflinburg Area SHS's enrollment dropped 17%, to 499. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2020-21 to 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Mifflinburg Area SHS can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,456
Census ACS
Median income
$76,404
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,811 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mifflinburg Area SD
- Mifflinburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 445 students
- Mifflinburg Area Intrmd SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Mifflinburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Mifflinburg
- Mifflinburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 445 students
- Mifflinburg Area Intrmd SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Mifflinburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Mifflinburg Elementary School0.5 mi · 376
- Mifflinburg Area Intrmd School0.6 mi · 381
- Mifflinburg Area Middle School0.6 mi · 445
- SUN Area Technical Institute4.0 mi · 14
- Donald H Eichhorn Middle School7.4 mi · 438
- Linntown Elementary School7.6 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Mifflinburg Area SHSHow many students attend Mifflinburg Area SHS?
Mifflinburg Area SHS enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mifflinburg Area SHS serve?
Mifflinburg Area SHS serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mifflinburg Area SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mifflinburg Area SHS is approximately 11.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mifflinburg Area SHS?
At Mifflinburg Area SHS, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Mifflinburg Area SHS public or private?
Mifflinburg Area SHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mifflinburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.