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Reynolds JSHS
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Reynolds JSHS
Reynolds JSHS is an intimate 9-12 campus in Greenville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Reynolds SD. The school educates 426 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.
Reynolds JSHS is one of 2 schools operated by Reynolds SD, a district that instructs 956 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Reynolds JSHS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder consists of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Mercer County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Reynolds JSHS logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Mercer County's rate of about 71%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Reynolds JSHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 46.9%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mercer County put median household income runs about $59,976, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mercer County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,815 students), of which Reynolds JSHS is one.
Nearest neighbor: Reynolds El Sch, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Reynolds JSHS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Reynolds JSHS at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.0%.
Reynolds JSHS operates from a town-based location.
Over the past 7-year window. Reynolds JSHS's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 552 (now 426). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 96% to 92%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.
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