Mifflinburg Area SHS

Mifflinburg Area SHS operates as a tight-knit four-year high school in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, overseen by Mifflinburg Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 499 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.

Mifflinburg Area SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,701 students. Mifflinburg Area SHS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mifflinburg Area SHS records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Mifflinburg Area SHS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Union County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mifflinburg Area SHS sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.0%; actual is 56.1%, +21.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Union County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,404, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Mifflinburg Area SHS is one of 10 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 3,811 students).

The closest other public school is Mifflinburg El Sch, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mifflinburg Area SHS comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Mifflinburg Area SHS's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 611 (now 499). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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