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
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B-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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 66 | 15% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 48.5% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Wilmington Area JSHS
Wilmington Area JSHS's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Area JSHS this school | 444 | 25.7% | 49.0% |
| Freeport Area SHS Freeport | 512 | 27.7% | 84.2% |
| Neshannock JSHS New Castle | 545 | 28.3% | 62.2% |
| Southern Columbia High School Catawissa | 348 | 27.6% | 54.3% |
| Palisades High School Kintnersville | 465 | 30.5% | 59.2% |
| Carbon Career & Technical Institute Jim Thorpe | 375 | 28.3% | 48.7% |
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 Wilmington Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #317 of 576 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #473 of 626 ▼ 285 | #8 of 9 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #498 of 626 ▼ 330 | #9 of 9 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #448 of 713 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #140 of 601 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #528 of 604 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.7% | #561 of 619 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #52 of 221 | N/A |
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
444
+74 (+20%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 444 | 36.5 | 12.2:1 | 26% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 27.8 | 10.4:1 | 40% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 28.9 | 10.7:1 | 99% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 31% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 26.4 | 14.6:1 | 30% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 28% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 22% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 16% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 43 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilmington Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (385 to 444); teachers up 38% (26.4 to 36.5).
About Wilmington Area JSHS
Wilmington Area JSHS is a small high school that serves part of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. The school reports 444 students in grades 7 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students.
Wilmington Area JSHS sits within Wilmington Area SD, which has 3 schools and 943 students.
Wilmington Area JSHS enrolls a student body that is 95% White. It is also 4% multiracial. Wilmington Area JSHS has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Wilmington Area JSHS employs 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. High schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 26% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 67% average among public schools in Lawrence County.
allk12 grades Wilmington Area JSHS a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Wilmington Area JSHS is a bottom-10% school in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.0% against a predicted 66.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lawrence County show that median household income is about $61,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Wilmington Area JSHS is one of 25 public schools in Lawrence County, which together enroll about 11,015 students.
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Wilmington Area JSHS ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 370 to 444. Students per teacher fell from 13.2 in 2020-21 to 12.2 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Wilmington Area JSHS can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Wilmington Area Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 142 students
Other schools in New Wilmington
- Wilmington Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Wilmington Area Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 142 students
Nearby schools
- Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School0.0 mi · 142
- Wilmington Area Elementary School0.2 mi · 357
- Neshannock Memorial Elementary School4.0 mi · 688
- Neshannock JSHS4.1 mi · 545
- Luther W Low Elementary School6.6 mi · 191
- Oakview Elementary School6.6 mi · 171
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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