📍 4545 Penns Valley Road, Spring Mills, Centre County, 16875
Penns Valley Area JSHS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Spring Mills, Centre County. The school has 662 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Penns Valley Area SD school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 4 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Penns Valley Area JSHS enrolls 662 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 633 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 2.6% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
184 of the school's 662 students (28%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 172 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Penns Valley Area JSHS is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 34, state house district 171.
Penns Valley Area JSHS is one of 4 schools in Penns Valley Area SD, based in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania. The district serves 1,271 students district-wide and employs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 662 students, Penns Valley Area JSHS is larger than the district average of about 318 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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