Minersville Area JSHS

Set in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Minersville Area JSHS is a compact senior high, part of Minersville Area SD. It serves 481 students across grades 7 through 12. That puts it 35% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Across the 3 schools in Minersville Area SD (1,050 students total), Minersville Area JSHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Minersville Area JSHS logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 4% Black.

On the resource side, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Minersville Area JSHS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 103% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Schuylkill County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Minersville Area JSHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 36.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Schuylkill County indicate median household income runs about $68,313, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Schuylkill County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,259 students), Minersville Area JSHS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Minersville Area El Ctr, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Minersville Area JSHS at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

Minersville Area JSHS operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Minersville Area JSHS's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 495 (now 481). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 2% to 12%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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