Enrollment
114
High
DISTRICT 125 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TURKEYFOOT VALLEY AREA SD·NCES 422388006216
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS
172 Turkeyfoot Rd, Confluence, PA 15424 · (814) 395-3621 · Somerset County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL114 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C-Test 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
11.5:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
78 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 22 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 19 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 21% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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 Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
12.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.3pp since 2023
Math
0.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.1% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 6.5% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS this school | 114 | 68.4% | 25.3% |
| New Day CS Huntingdon | 139 | 64.7% | 5.3% |
| Oswayo Valley JSHS Shinglehouse | 140 | 74.3% | 52.2% |
| Forbes Road JSHS Waterfall | 158 | 58.2% | 45.1% |
| Weatherly Area High School Weatherly | 125 | 76.8% | 52.7% |
| Northern Potter JSHS Ulysses | 219 | 62.1% | 41.6% |
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 Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #501 of 576 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 0.0% | #626 of 626 ▼ 50 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #613 of 626 ▼ 43 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 114 | #627 of 713 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #265 of 619 | #4 of 10 |
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
114
-17 (-13%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 114 | 9.9 | 11.5:1 | 68% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 123 | 9.9 | 12.4:1 | 63% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 126 | 12.6 | 10.0:1 | 90% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 131 | 12 | 10.9:1 | 82% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 19.5 | 8.5:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 189 | 17 | 11.1:1 | 57% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 176 | 15 | 11.7:1 | 51% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 197 | 17 | 11.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 21 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (166 to 114); teachers down 49% (19.5 to 9.9).
About Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS
In Confluence, Pennsylvania, part of Somerset County, Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS is a high school. Students in grades 7 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 114 students. By comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 738 students on average.
The Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD system has 2 schools and 249 students.
By race and ethnicity, Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS is 97% White. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic. In Somerset County overall, the White share is about 94%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 5%.
For every teacher at Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS, there are about 11.5 students; the school has 9.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 78 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 68% of enrollment. That is in line with the 66% average for public schools in Somerset County.
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.3% is 22.9 points below the 48.3% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Somerset County, where median household income comes to about $61,446, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Somerset County's 29 public schools enroll about 8,271 students and include Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS.
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS holds 5 other public schools. Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 13% across 4 years, from 131 in 2020-21 to 114 in 2024-25.
People who know Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,799
Census ACS
Median income
$61,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
8,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD
- Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 135 students
Other schools in Confluence
- Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 135 students
Nearby schools
- Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School0.0 mi · 135
- Marclay School6.8 mi · 84
- A J McMullen School8.5 mi · 164
- Northern Garrett High School9.5 mi · 439
- Northern Middle School9.5 mi · 305
- Friendsville Elementary10.1 mi · 137
Frequently asked questions
About Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHSWhat is the total enrollment at Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS enrolls approximately 114 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS serve?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS have?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
How diverse is Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS reports a student body of 97% White, 3% Hispanic.
Who oversees Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS is overseen by Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD in Somerset County.
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