Mount Carmel Area JHS

Set in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, Mount Carmel Area JHS is a tight-knit middle-grades school, overseen by Mount Carmel Area SD. It caters to 253 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Across the 3 schools in Mount Carmel Area SD (1,552 students total), Mount Carmel Area JHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Mount Carmel Area JHS records that White students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 103% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Northumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mount Carmel Area JHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Northumberland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,583 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Northumberland County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,386 students), of which Mount Carmel Area JHS is one.

Mount Carmel Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Carmel Area JHS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mount Carmel Area JHS has edged up 10%, going from 230 students in 2018 to 253 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 87% to 80%. Class-load math has grew: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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