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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Troy Area JSHS this year?
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Enrollment
660
High
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY AREA SD·NCES 422379001000
Troy Area JSHS
150 High St, Troy, PA 16947 · (570) 297-2176 · Bradford County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
5.6:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
363 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Troy Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
30.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
660
+8 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
5.6:1
was 15.3:1
% White
96%
was 94%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Troy Area JSHS
Troy Area JSHS, a moderately sized secondary school in Troy, Pennsylvania, run under Troy Area SD, teaches 660 students, covering grades 7 through 12.
Troy Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,389 students; Troy Area JSHS is among them.
On demographics, Troy Area JSHS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 117 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Bradford County's rate of about 90%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Troy Area JSHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.0%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of -11.6 points.
In the broader community, Bradford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,675 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Bradford County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,392 students), of which Troy Area JSHS is one.
Troy Intrmd Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Troy Area JSHS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.4%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Troy Area JSHS has held roughly steady, going from 652 students in 2018 to 660 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Bradford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,858
Census ACS
Median income
$63,675
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troy Area SD
- Troy Intrmd SchElementary · 408 students
- W R Croman Primary SchElementary · 321 students
Other schools in Troy
- Troy Intrmd SchElementary · 408 students
- W R Croman Primary SchElementary · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Troy Intrmd Sch0.1 mi · 408
- W R Croman Primary Sch0.8 mi · 321
- Canton Area El Sch9.3 mi · 431
- Canton JSHS9.6 mi · 372
- SRU El Sch9.6 mi · 382
- Warren L Miller El Sch15.1 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Troy Area JSHSHow many students attend Troy Area JSHS?
Troy Area JSHS enrolls approximately 660 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Troy Area JSHS serve?
Troy Area JSHS serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Troy Area JSHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Troy Area JSHS is approximately 5.6:1 (117 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Troy Area JSHS?
At Troy Area JSHS, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Troy Area JSHS public or private?
Troy Area JSHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Troy Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.