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What's one thing Montgomery JSHS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
417
High
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY AREA SD·NCES 421566003040
Montgomery JSHS
120 Penn Street, Montgomery, PA 17752 · (570) 547-1608 · Lycoming County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
222 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 65 | 16% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Montgomery Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
29.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 37.4% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Montgomery JSHS
Montgomery JSHS's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery JSHS this school | 417 | 53.2% | 58.4% |
| Freedom Area SHS Freedom | 366 | 53.3% | 48.1% |
| Fort Cherry JSHS Mc Donald | 457 | 50.5% | 48.9% |
| Forest City Regional High School Forest City | 348 | 54.9% | 50.4% |
| Seneca High School Erie | 383 | 51.2% | 71.3% |
| Juniata Valley JSHS Alexandria | 374 | 54.0% | 42.4% |
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 Montgomery JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #185 of 576 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #416 of 626 ▼ 98 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #390 of 626 ▼ 77 | #5 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #474 of 713 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #268 of 601 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #426 of 604 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #315 of 619 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #89 of 221 | 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
417
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 417 | 30.8 | 13.5:1 | 53% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 32.8 | 12.1:1 | 56% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 32.8 | 12.7:1 | 53% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 48% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 33.2 | 11.4:1 | 39% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 32 | 11.4:1 | 29% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | 24 | 11.5:1 | 29% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 43% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 39 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (380 to 417); teachers down 7% (33.2 to 30.8).
About Montgomery JSHS
In Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Montgomery JSHS is a small high school. It reported 417 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 43% below average.
District-wide, Montgomery Area SD has 2 schools and 921 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Montgomery JSHS are White. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Lycoming County residents are about 89% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Montgomery JSHS is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Montgomery JSHS has 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.5:1. The school's 13.5:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for high schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%.
Montgomery JSHS earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 72% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
A school with Montgomery JSHS's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 54.8%. Montgomery JSHS scores 58.4%, 3.6 points above that line.
The school's county is Lycoming County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $63,917 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Montgomery JSHS shares Lycoming County with 29 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Montgomery JSHS is closest to Montgomery Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Montgomery JSHS has 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Montgomery JSHS at 4th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Montgomery JSHS is Rural: Fringe.
A 7% gain took enrollment from 391 in 2020-21 to 417 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 13.5:1.
This page is set up for the Montgomery JSHS community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery Area SD
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Montgomery Elementary School0.0 mi · 504
- Muncy JSHS4.7 mi · 472
- Ward L Myers Elementary School5.1 mi · 451
- Montoursville Area SHS5.7 mi · 570
- Lyter Elementary School5.8 mi · 382
- C E McCall Middle School5.8 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery JSHSHow large is Montgomery JSHS?
Montgomery JSHS enrolls approximately 417 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Montgomery JSHS serve?
Montgomery JSHS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Montgomery JSHS?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Montgomery JSHS.
How diverse is Montgomery JSHS?
Montgomery JSHS reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Montgomery JSHS?
Montgomery JSHS is overseen by Montgomery Area SD in Lycoming County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.