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Enrollment
545
High
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NESHANNOCK TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421644002689
Neshannock JSHS
3834 Mitchell Rd, New Castle, PA 16105 · (724) 658-5513 · Lawrence County
GRADES 07–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-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
16.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
154 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 108 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 14% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Based on grade levels within Neshannock Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 41.9% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Neshannock JSHS
Neshannock JSHS's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neshannock JSHS this school | 545 | 28.3% | 62.2% |
| Freeport Area SHS Freeport | 512 | 27.7% | 84.2% |
| Palisades High School Kintnersville | 465 | 30.5% | 59.2% |
| Wilmington Area JSHS New Wilmington | 444 | 25.7% | 49.0% |
| Northwestern Lehigh High School New Tripoli | 658 | 25.1% | 65.3% |
| Montoursville Area SHS Montoursville | 570 | 33.3% | 49.5% |
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 Neshannock JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #139 of 576 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #250 of 626 ▲ 15 | #4 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #250 of 626 ▲ 10 | #4 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #378 of 713 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #508 of 601 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #455 of 604 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #546 of 619 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #157 of 373 | #3 of 6 |
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
545
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 545 | 32.7 | 16.6:1 | 28% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 34.2 | 15.3:1 | 29% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 33.2 | 16.2:1 | 26% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 35.1 | 17.5:1 | 20% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 21% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 14% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 7% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 36 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neshannock JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (614 to 545); teachers down 7% (35.1 to 32.7).
About Neshannock JSHS
Neshannock JSHS is classified as a high school. It is located in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Its enrollment is 545 students, spread over grades 7 through 12. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 738, and this school is 26% below that mark.
Neshannock Township SD is responsible for 2 schools, Neshannock JSHS included, with 1,233 students in all.
Neshannock JSHS is 93% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That is in line with Lawrence County, where about 90% of residents are White. The diversity index for Neshannock JSHS is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 32.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 3.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 28%. The 67% average for public schools in Lawrence County is 39 points higher.
Neshannock 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 66% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.5% for Neshannock JSHS. The school posts 62.2%, 3.3 points below the prediction.
Looking at the county, Lawrence County, the median household earns about $61,931 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Neshannock JSHS, Lawrence County has 25 public schools.
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Neshannock JSHS is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.3:1 to 16.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Neshannock JSHS. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,024
Census ACS
Median income
$61,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
11,015 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Neshannock Township SD
- Neshannock Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
Other schools in New Castle
- New Castle SHSHigh · 740 students
- Harry W Lockley Early Learning CenterElementary · 736 students
- Mohawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
- Washington Intrmd SchoolElementary · 707 students
- New Castle Junior High SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Neshannock Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
Nearby schools
- Neshannock Memorial Elementary School0.1 mi · 688
- Washington Intrmd School3.4 mi · 707
- Wilmington Area JSHS4.1 mi · 444
- Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School4.1 mi · 142
- Wilmington Area Elementary School4.2 mi · 357
- New Castle SHS4.3 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Neshannock JSHSHow large is Neshannock JSHS?
Neshannock JSHS enrolls approximately 545 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Neshannock JSHS serve?
Neshannock JSHS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Neshannock JSHS?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Neshannock JSHS.
How diverse is Neshannock JSHS?
Neshannock JSHS reports a student body of 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Neshannock JSHS?
Neshannock JSHS is overseen by Neshannock Township SD in Lawrence County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.