Enrollment
444
High
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILMINGTON AREA SD·NCES 422652002721
Wilmington Area JSHS
350 Wood St, New Wilmington, PA 16142 · (724) 656-8866 · Lawrence County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
114 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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
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 Wilmington Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -30.1pp since 2023
Math
23.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -24.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 30 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 25 points.
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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
444
+59 (+15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.6:1
% White
95%
was 94%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Wilmington Area JSHS
Wilmington Area JSHS is a 9-12 campus of low-enrollment scale in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, part of Wilmington Area SD, instructing 444 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Wilmington Area JSHS sits 40% below that benchmark.
Within Wilmington Area SD, which oversees 3 schools and 943 students, Wilmington Area JSHS is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Wilmington Area JSHS shows that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest looks like 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lawrence County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Wilmington Area JSHS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 66.6%; this one comes in at 49.0%, -17.6 points off the demographic line.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lawrence County put median household earnings sit near $61,931, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Wilmington Area JSHS is one of 25 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 11,015 students).
Nearest neighbor: Wilmington Area Upper El Sch, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Wilmington Area JSHS. On composite proficiency, Wilmington Area JSHS comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Five-year trend. Wilmington Area JSHS's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 444). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,024
Census ACS
Median income
$61,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
11,015 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilmington Area SD
- Wilmington Area El SchElementary · 357 students
- Wilmington Area Upper El SchMiddle · 142 students
Other schools in New Wilmington
- Wilmington Area El SchElementary · 357 students
- Wilmington Area Upper El SchMiddle · 142 students
Nearby schools
- Wilmington Area Upper El Sch0.0 mi · 142
- Wilmington Area El Sch0.2 mi · 357
- Neshannock Memorial El Sch4.0 mi · 688
- Neshannock JSHS4.1 mi · 545
- Oakview El Sch6.6 mi · 171
- Luther W Low El Sch6.6 mi · 191
Frequently asked questions
About Wilmington Area JSHSHow large is Wilmington Area JSHS?
Wilmington Area JSHS enrolls approximately 444 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Wilmington Area JSHS serve?
Wilmington Area JSHS serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilmington Area JSHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilmington Area JSHS is approximately 12.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilmington Area JSHS?
At Wilmington Area JSHS, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Wilmington Area JSHS in?
Wilmington Area JSHS is part of Wilmington Area SD.
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