Montgomery JSHS

Montgomery JSHS is one of the small secondary schools in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, run under Montgomery Area SD, with 417 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Montgomery Area SD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 921 students; Montgomery JSHS is among them.

On the student-mix side, Montgomery JSHS reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lycoming County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Montgomery JSHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.8%; this one delivers 58.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lycoming County put median household income runs about $63,917, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lycoming County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), of which Montgomery JSHS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Montgomery El Sch, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Montgomery JSHS at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 380 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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