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Enrollment
586
High
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYALUSING AREA SD·NCES 422670001005
Wyalusing Valley JSHS
11364 Wyalusing New Albany Road, Wyalusing, PA 18853 · (570) 746-1600 · Bradford County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
579 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 98 | 17% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wyalusing Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 34.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Wyalusing Valley JSHS
Wyalusing Valley JSHS's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyalusing Valley JSHS this school | 586 | 98.8% | 47.6% |
| Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center Connellsville | 592 | 98.8% | 22.3% |
| Derry Area SHS Derry | 598 | 98.3% | 47.1% |
| Oil City SHS Oil City | 611 | 100.0% | 46.0% |
| Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School Reynoldsville | 587 | 95.4% | 24.4% |
| Towanda Area JSHS Towanda | 709 | 98.4% | 45.1% |
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 Wyalusing Valley JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bradford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #341 of 576 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #353 of 626 ▼ 5 | #3 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #381 of 626 ▼ 2 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #348 of 713 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #324 of 601 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #493 of 604 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #151 of 619 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #369 of 373 | 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
586
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 814
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 586 | 41.6 | 14.1:1 | 99% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 40.7 | 14.2:1 | 99% (576) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 39.8 | 14.8:1 | 45% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 38% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 37.3 | 15.8:1 | 43% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 46% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 33% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 807 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 24% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 814 | 57 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wyalusing Valley JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (589 to 586); teachers up 11% (37.3 to 41.6).
About Wyalusing Valley JSHS
Wyalusing Valley JSHS is a low-enrollment high school with its address in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 12, with 586 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Wyalusing Valley JSHS belongs to Wyalusing Area SD, a district of 2 schools and 1,219 students.
The share of students at Wyalusing Valley JSHS who are White is 94%. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Bradford County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Its staff includes 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.1 students per teacher. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Wyalusing Valley JSHS has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 99%. The average for public schools in Bradford County is 90%.
Wyalusing Valley JSHS holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The model predicts 35.2% for a school in Pennsylvania with Wyalusing Valley JSHS's free or reduced-price lunch share. Wyalusing Valley JSHS posts 47.6%.
In the wider Bradford County area, the median household earns about $63,675 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Wyalusing Valley JSHS shares Bradford County with 18 other public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Wyalusing Valley JSHS from the closest public school, Wyalusing Valley Elementary School. Ranked by average proficiency, Wyalusing Valley JSHS places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Wyalusing Valley JSHS is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 613 to 586. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.1:1, from 16.1:1.
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Bradford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,858
Census ACS
Median income
$63,675
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wyalusing Area SD
- Wyalusing Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
Other schools in Wyalusing
- Wyalusing Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
Nearby schools
- Wyalusing Valley Elementary School0.2 mi · 633
- Towanda Area Elementary School12.6 mi · 423
- Morrow Elementary School12.7 mi · 350
- Towanda Area JSHS12.7 mi · 709
- Northeast Bradford Elementary School14.0 mi · 330
- Northeast Bradford JSHS14.2 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Wyalusing Valley JSHSWhat is the total enrollment at Wyalusing Valley JSHS?
Wyalusing Valley JSHS enrolls approximately 586 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Wyalusing Valley JSHS serve?
Wyalusing Valley JSHS serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Wyalusing Valley JSHS have?
Wyalusing Valley JSHS employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wyalusing Valley JSHS?
At Wyalusing Valley JSHS, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Wyalusing Valley JSHS public or private?
Wyalusing Valley JSHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wyalusing Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.