Enrollment
333
High
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUSQUEHANNA COMMUNITY SD·NCES 422298004054
Susquehanna Community JSHS
3192 Turnpike St, Susquehanna, PA 18847 · (570) 853-4921 · Susquehanna County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- CTest 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
13.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
334 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 38 | 11% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Based on grade levels within Susquehanna Community SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.7pp since 2023
Math
13.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 21.3% |
% 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
Where Susquehanna Community JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Susquehanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #419 of 576 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #535 of 626 ▼ 52 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #465 of 626 ▼ 115 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #530 of 713 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #231 of 601 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #519 of 604 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #104 of 619 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #312 of 373 | N/A |
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
333
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 333 | 25.4 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 27.4 | 12.4:1 | 99% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 97% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 53% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 53% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 28 | 11.4:1 | 53% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 48% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 43% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 31 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Susquehanna Community JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (345 to 333); teachers down 2% (26 to 25.4).
About Susquehanna Community JSHS
Susquehanna Community JSHS sits in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, and is classified as a high school. The school enrolls 333 students in grades 7 through 12. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 738, and this school is 55% below that mark.
Susquehanna Community JSHS is one of 2 schools in Susquehanna Community SD, which enrolls 748 students in total.
White students are 95% of those enrolled at Susquehanna Community JSHS. That is in line with Susquehanna County, where about 95% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 10, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Susquehanna Community JSHS has a ratio of 13.1:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 12.8:1.
On the allk12 Grade, Susquehanna Community JSHS lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Susquehanna Community JSHS is 7.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.6% versus 34.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In Susquehanna County, home to about 38,219 people, the median household earns about $68,487 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Susquehanna Community JSHS shares Susquehanna County with 14 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Susquehanna Community Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Susquehanna Community JSHS. Other public schools within ten miles: 6. The nearest schools with test data average 53.4%, higher than Susquehanna Community JSHS's 41.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 333 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 317. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.6:1 to 13.1:1 over the same years.
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Susquehanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,219
Census ACS
Median income
$68,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,728 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Susquehanna Community SD
- Susquehanna Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other schools in Susquehanna
- Susquehanna Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Susquehanna Community Elementary School0.2 mi · 415
- Blue Ridge Elementary School8.3 mi · 496
- Blue Ridge High School8.3 mi · 297
- Blue Ridge Middle School8.3 mi · 225
- WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 437
- A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL9.6 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Susquehanna Community JSHSHow large is Susquehanna Community JSHS?
Susquehanna Community JSHS enrolls approximately 333 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Susquehanna Community JSHS serve?
Susquehanna Community JSHS serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Susquehanna Community JSHS?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Susquehanna Community JSHS.
How diverse is Susquehanna Community JSHS?
Susquehanna Community JSHS reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Susquehanna Community JSHS public or private?
Susquehanna Community JSHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Susquehanna Community SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.