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Enrollment
810
High
DISTRICT 948 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA SD·NCES 421980006165
Punxsutawney Area High School
500 N Findley Street, Punxsutawney, PA 15767 · (814) 938-5151 · Jefferson County
GRADES 07–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL810 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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
9.1:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
443 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 158 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 160 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 147 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 122 | 15% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 Punxsutawney Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
40.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 40.4% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Punxsutawney Area High School
Punxsutawney Area High School's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punxsutawney Area High School this school | 810 | 54.7% | 52.9% |
| Troy Area JSHS Troy | 660 | 55.0% | 42.4% |
| Waynesburg Central JSHS Waynesburg | 661 | 55.1% | 41.9% |
| Fort LeBoeuf SHS Waterford | 652 | 56.4% | 71.7% |
| Greenville JSHS Greenville | 610 | 54.1% | 45.7% |
| Southern Huntingdon Co HS/MS Three Springs | 595 | 53.3% | 35.5% |
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 Punxsutawney Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #256 of 576 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #289 of 626 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #445 of 626 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 810 | #230 of 713 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #15 of 601 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.3% | #525 of 604 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #306 of 619 |
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
810
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 996
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 810 | 88.7 | 9.1:1 | 55% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 810 | 84 | 9.6:1 | 55% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 826 | 81.8 | 10.1:1 | 55% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 825 | 61 | 13.5:1 | 40% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 61.2 | 13.2:1 | 49% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 842 | 63 | 13.4:1 | 44% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 1,019 | 73 | 14.0:1 | 39% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 938 | 58 | 16.2:1 | 24% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 996 | 70 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Punxsutawney Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (810 to 810); teachers up 45% (61.2 to 88.7).
About Punxsutawney Area High School
Punxsutawney Area High School, located in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized high school. The school reports 810 students in grades 7 through 12.
Punxsutawney Area SD counts 2 schools and 1,895 students, including Punxsutawney Area High School.
Punxsutawney Area High School enrolls a student body that is 95% White. The school is also 2% multiracial. For comparison, Jefferson County is about 96% White. By the diversity index, Punxsutawney Area High School comes in at 9%.
The school has about 9.1 students per teacher and 88.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 55%. That is lower than the 76% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
allk12 grades Punxsutawney Area High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 54.2% at Punxsutawney Area High School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.9%.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $58,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Jefferson County number 10 and enroll about 4,873.
The next-closest public school is Punxsutawney Area Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Punxsutawney Area High School at 4th of 7.
Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (825) to 2024-25 (810). The school's ratio fell from 13.5:1 to 9.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,864
Census ACS
Median income
$58,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
4,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Punxsutawney Area SD
- Punxsutawney Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
Nearby schools
- Punxsutawney Area Elementary School0.2 mi · 1,085
- C G Johnson Elementary School10.7 mi · 276
- Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School11.8 mi · 587
- W.A. McCreery Elementary School13.2 mi · 372
- Marion Center Area JR/SR High School13.2 mi · 550
- Pinecreek Elementary School13.8 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Punxsutawney Area High SchoolHow many students attend Punxsutawney Area High School?
Punxsutawney Area High School enrolls approximately 810 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Punxsutawney Area High School serve?
Punxsutawney Area High School serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Punxsutawney Area High School?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at Punxsutawney Area High School.
What is the student diversity at Punxsutawney Area High School?
Student demographics at Punxsutawney Area High School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Punxsutawney Area High School public or private?
Punxsutawney Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Punxsutawney Area SD.
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