High · Pennsylvania
Panther Valley JSHS
Free meals for allPanther Valley JSHS, a public high school in Lansford, Pennsylvania: grades 7–12, 759 students, 16.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Panther 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
- 759
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
More students per teacher than 88% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 13.3 · 712 schools compared
More students per teacher than 67% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 65% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 573 · 715 schools compared
Larger than 67% 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%26%proficient
−10.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 47% · 183 high schools compared
250 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%9.2%proficient
−2.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 27% · 184 high schools compared
250 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
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Panther Valley SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Panther Valley SD.
Location
- Address
- 912 Coal Region Way, Lansford, PA 18232
- Phone
- (570)645-2171
- City or town
- Summit Hill
- County
- Carbon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 630 | 7.5 | |
| 9–12 | 125 | 7.5 | |
Carbon Career & Technical InstituteCareer and technical | 9–12 | 375 | 12.2 |
| 9–12 | 490 | 13.9 | |
Tamaqua Area SHSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 613 | 13.8 |
Hazleton Area Career CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 1 | 0.0 |
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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