Williams Valley JSHS

Williams Valley JSHS is a 9-12 campus of close-knit scale in Tower City, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Williams Valley SD, instructing 433 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 41% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Within Williams Valley SD, which oversees 2 schools and 930 students, Williams Valley JSHS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Williams Valley JSHS shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Dauphin County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Williams Valley JSHS has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dauphin County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Williams Valley JSHS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.4%; actual is 23.9%, a gap of -19.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Dauphin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,242 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dauphin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students), Williams Valley JSHS is one campus in the mix.

Williams Valley El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Williams Valley JSHS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Williams Valley JSHS's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 433). Class-load math has rose: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Williams Valley JSHS typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.