Shenandoah Valley JSHS

Shenandoah Valley JSHS is a tight-knit senior high in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, run under Shenandoah Valley SD. The school instructs 546 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Across the 2 schools in Shenandoah Valley SD (1,272 students total), Shenandoah Valley JSHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Shenandoah Valley JSHS shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 32% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Schuylkill County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Shenandoah Valley JSHS lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Schuylkill County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shenandoah Valley JSHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Schuylkill County indicate median household income runs about $68,313, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Schuylkill County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,259 students), Shenandoah Valley JSHS is one campus in the mix.

Shenandoah Valley El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shenandoah Valley JSHS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.7%.

Shenandoah Valley JSHS operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 64% across the same window.

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