Tuscarora MS

Tuscarora MS, a compact 6-8 campus in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, overseen by Juniata County SD, instructs 323 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

Within Juniata County SD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,234 students, Tuscarora MS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Tuscarora MS logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Tuscarora MS reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at Tuscarora MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tuscarora MS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.0%; actual is 31.3%, a gap of -23.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Juniata County shows median household income runs about $66,318, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Tuscarora MS is one of 5 public schools in Juniata County (combined enrollment of about 2,234 students).

Nearest neighbor: Juniata SHS, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tuscarora MS at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 36.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Tuscarora MS's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 323). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 12% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Tuscarora MS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.