Redbank Valley HS

Redbank Valley HS is one of the close-knit senior highs in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, operated by Redbank Valley SD, with 539 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Redbank Valley SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 957 students. Redbank Valley HS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Redbank Valley HS shows that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Clarion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 102% of students at Redbank Valley HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clarion County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Redbank Valley HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of +8.4 points.

Around the school, Clarion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,649 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Redbank Valley HS is one of 16 public schools in Clarion County (combined enrollment of about 5,023 students).

The closest other public school is Redbank Valley Primary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Redbank Valley HS. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Redbank Valley HS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Redbank Valley HS's enrollment has edged up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 459 (now 539). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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