Northern Potter JSHS

Northern Potter JSHS is a 9-12 campus of rural-scale scale in Ulysses, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Northern Potter SD, enrolling 219 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% below the state mean of about 738.

Within Northern Potter SD, which oversees 2 schools and 512 students, Northern Potter JSHS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Northern Potter JSHS lists that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Northern Potter JSHS has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Northern Potter JSHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Potter County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northern Potter JSHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Potter County put the typical household earns roughly $59,020 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Potter County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,705 students), of which Northern Potter JSHS is one.

Northern Potter Childrens School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northern Potter JSHS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Northern Potter JSHS's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 230 (now 219).

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