Enrollment
234
High
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421545001623
Millville Area JSHS
345 School House Lane, Millville, PA 17846 · (570) 458-5538 · Columbia County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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
7.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
103 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 33 | 14% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 Millville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -19.7pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 44.6% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Millville Area JSHS
Millville Area JSHS's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millville Area JSHS this school | 234 | 44.0% | 52.4% |
| McConnellsburg High School McConnellsburg | 285 | 41.8% | 57.4% |
| Northern Bedford County High School Loysburg | 235 | 47.2% | 69.2% |
| Berlin Brothersvalley SHS Berlin | 248 | 39.9% | 62.8% |
| Ridgway Area High School Ridgway | 224 | 39.3% | 56.8% |
| Meyersdale Area High School Meyersdale | 246 | 48.8% | 47.4% |
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 Millville Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #267 of 576 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #339 of 626 ▼ 103 | #6 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #397 of 626 ▼ 220 | #6 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #591 of 713 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.1:1 | #4 of 601 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #492 of 604 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #416 of 619 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #31 of 373 | 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
234
-22 (-9%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 234 | 32.9 | 7.1:1 | 44% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 33.8 | 7.1:1 | 43% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 33.8 | 7.4:1 | 40% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 31 | 8.3:1 | 39% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 31.7 | 9.7:1 | 40% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 39% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 32 | 9.0:1 | 37% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 21% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 37 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Millville Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (307 to 234); teachers up 4% (31.7 to 32.9).
About Millville Area JSHS
As a small high school, Millville Area JSHS serves students in Millville, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 234 students, from grades 7 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738, so this school runs 68% smaller than that.
In Millville Area SD, 2 schools enroll a combined 525 students.
White students make up 94% of enrollment at Millville Area JSHS. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Columbia County is about 91% White. The school's diversity index is 12%, meaning two students picked at random have a 12% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Millville Area JSHS employs 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 7.1:1. This ratio sits 5.6 below the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 44% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 56% average among public schools in Columbia County.
Millville Area JSHS is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Millville Area JSHS falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 52.4% actual against 58.7% predicted.
Millville Area JSHS is located in Columbia County, where the median household income is $64,644, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Millville Area JSHS is one of 20 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Millville Area Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Millville Area JSHS is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Millville Area JSHS is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 256. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.3:1 to 7.1:1 over the same years.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Millville Area SD
- Millville Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
Other schools in Millville
- Millville Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Millville Area Elementary School0.2 mi · 291
- Carl G Renn Elementary School8.7 mi · 181
- Benton Area Middle School9.2 mi · 100
- Benton Area High School9.2 mi · 200
- L R Appleman Elementary School9.3 mi · 308
- Memorial Elementary School9.4 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About Millville Area JSHSWhat is the total enrollment at Millville Area JSHS?
Millville Area JSHS enrolls approximately 234 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Millville Area JSHS serve?
Millville Area JSHS serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Millville Area JSHS have?
Millville Area JSHS employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Millville Area JSHS?
Student demographics at Millville Area JSHS are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Millville Area JSHS?
Millville Area JSHS is overseen by Millville Area SD in Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.