Stroudsburg JHS

Stroudsburg JHS is a high school of moderately sized scale in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Stroudsburg Area SD, instructing 721 students in grades 8 through 9.

Across the 7 schools in Stroudsburg Area SD (4,361 students total), Stroudsburg JHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Stroudsburg JHS records that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 52% of students at Stroudsburg JHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Monroe County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stroudsburg JHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 45.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,565, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students), of which Stroudsburg JHS is one.

The closest other public school is Chipperfield El Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 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), Stroudsburg JHS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Stroudsburg JHS's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 786 (now 721). White enrollment moved from 55% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Stroudsburg JHS typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.