High · Pennsylvania
Mid Valley Secondary Center
Free meals for allMid Valley Secondary Center, a public high school in Throop, Pennsylvania: grades 7–12, 898 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mid Valley SD.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 898
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
More students per teacher than 79% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 13.3 · 712 schools compared
More students per teacher than 60% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 70% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 573 · 715 schools compared
Larger than 72% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Pennsylvania: 49%43%proficient
−9.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 62% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 47% · 183 high schools compared
280 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%29%proficient
−7.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 57% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 27% · 184 high schools compared
279 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Mid Valley SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mid Valley SD.
Location
- Address
- 52 Underwood Rd, Throop, PA 18512
- Phone
- (570)307-2123
- City or town
- Throop
- County
- Lackawanna County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunmore JSHSFree meals for all | 7–12 | 674 | 14.0 | 42% | 22% |
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna CountyCareer and technicalFree meals for all | 9–12 | 12 | 0.4 | — | — |
Scranton HSFree meals for all | 7–12 | 1,815 | 20.2 | 76% | 49% |
| 9–12 | 747 | 14.5 | — | — | |
West Scranton HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,404 | 13.2 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,115 | 15.2 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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