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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Tri-Valley JSHS this year?
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Enrollment
427
High
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI-VALLEY SD·NCES 422370003957
Tri-Valley JSHS
155 E Main St, Hegins, PA 17938 · (570) 682-3125 · Schuylkill County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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.
- DBeats 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
12.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
146 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 72 | 17% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 Tri-Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
17.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 10.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tri-Valley JSHS
Tri-Valley JSHS's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Valley JSHS this school | 427 | 34.2% | 40.5% |
| Mohawk SHS New Castle | 406 | 37.7% | 62.0% |
| Palisades High School Kintnersville | 465 | 30.5% | 59.2% |
| Littlestown SHS Littlestown | 532 | 34.0% | 70.7% |
| Laurel High School New Castle | 313 | 33.5% | 65.0% |
| Bellwood-Antis High School Bellwood | 378 | 39.7% | 53.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tri-Valley JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #430 of 576 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #511 of 626 ▲ 43 | #6 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #408 of 626 ▲ 57 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #464 of 713 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #179 of 601 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #540 of 604 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #507 of 619 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #116 of 221 | 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
427
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 427 | 33.9 | 12.6:1 | 34% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 35.4 | 12.6:1 | 33% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 36.3 | 12.1:1 | 28% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 34.5 | 11.6:1 | 39% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 36 | 10.2:1 | 39% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 36 | 11.6:1 | 25% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 13% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri-Valley JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (399 to 427); teachers down 2% (34.5 to 33.9).
About Tri-Valley JSHS
Tri-Valley JSHS is a low-enrollment high school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Hegins. Total enrollment is 427 students, and the grades served are 7 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 738 students on average.
Tri-Valley JSHS reports to Tri-Valley SD, which has 3 schools and 882 students.
White students are 96% of those enrolled at Tri-Valley JSHS. The rest of enrollment is 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 12.6:1 is based on 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 34%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Schuylkill County.
Tri-Valley JSHS earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Tri-Valley JSHS would score about 63.0%. It scores 40.5%, a bottom-10% result among Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Schuylkill County, median household income comes to about $68,313, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Schuylkill County counts 35 public schools with about 18,259 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hegins-Hubley Elementary School, is about 2.5 miles. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Tri-Valley JSHS ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 421 to 427, a small change.
People who know Tri-Valley JSHS can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tri-Valley SD
- Hegins-Hubley Elementary SchoolElementary · 307 students
- Mahantongo Elementary SchoolElementary · 148 students
Nearby schools
- Hegins-Hubley Elementary School2.5 mi · 307
- Mahantongo Elementary School5.3 mi · 148
- Williams Valley Elementary School5.5 mi · 497
- Williams Valley JSHS5.8 mi · 433
- Pine Grove Elementary School9.3 mi · 563
- Pine Grove Area Middle School9.4 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Tri-Valley JSHSHow large is Tri-Valley JSHS?
Tri-Valley JSHS enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Tri-Valley JSHS serve?
Tri-Valley JSHS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Tri-Valley JSHS?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Tri-Valley JSHS.
How diverse is Tri-Valley JSHS?
Tri-Valley JSHS reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Tri-Valley JSHS?
Tri-Valley JSHS is overseen by Tri-Valley SD in Schuylkill County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.