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If you had an hour of school board time for Minersville Area JSHS, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
481
High
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINERSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421551006583
Minersville Area JSHS
40 High School Lane, Pottsville, PA 17901 · (570) 544-1400 · Schuylkill County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
497 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 7 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 80 | 17% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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 Minersville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
17.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 15.6% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Minersville Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #456 of 576 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #512 of 626 ▲ 7 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #444 of 626 ▲ 47 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #421 of 713 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #286 of 601 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #295 of 604 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #60 of 619 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #323 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
481
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 481 | 35 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 38.7 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 96% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 46% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 44.2 | 11.2:1 | 41% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 43 | 12.0:1 | 40% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 41% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 32 | 18.0:1 | 27% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minersville Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (495 to 481); teachers down 21% (44.2 to 35).
About Minersville Area JSHS
Minersville Area JSHS is a small high school in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Minersville Area SD. The grade span is 7 through 12, and enrollment is 481 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Minersville Area SD is the district for Minersville Area JSHS. It has 3 schools and 1,050 students.
At Minersville Area JSHS, White students make up 82% of the student body. After that, the student body is 12% Hispanic and 4% Black. Minersville Area JSHS has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Minersville Area JSHS is 35 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.8:1. Among high schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 12.8:1.
Minersville Area JSHS is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Minersville Area JSHS's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (36.0%) and its predicted rate (33.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census estimates describe Schuylkill County this way: median household income is about $68,313, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 35 public schools in Schuylkill County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,259.
The closest other public school is Minersville Area El Center, about 0.1 miles away. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Minersville Area JSHS ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Minersville Area JSHS is Rural: Fringe.
The number of students dropped from 520 to 481 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Minersville Area SD
- Minersville Area El CenterElementary · 468 students
- Early Childhood Edu CenterElementary · 101 students
Other schools in Pottsville
- Pottsville Area High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Clarke El CenterElementary · 892 students
- Lengel Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
- Gillingham Charter SchoolCombined · 233 students
- Early Childhood Edu CenterElementary · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Minersville Area El Center0.1 mi · 468
- Early Childhood Edu Center1.5 mi · 101
- Clarke El Center2.8 mi · 892
- Pottsville Area High School3.0 mi · 976
- Lengel Middle School3.1 mi · 720
- Gillingham Charter School3.7 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Minersville Area JSHSHow large is Minersville Area JSHS?
Minersville Area JSHS enrolls approximately 481 students in grades 07-12.
Is Minersville Area JSHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Minersville Area JSHS is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Minersville Area JSHS?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Minersville Area JSHS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Minersville Area JSHS?
At Minersville Area JSHS, the student body is approximately 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Minersville Area JSHS public or private?
Minersville Area JSHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Minersville Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.