Best Public Schools in Curwensville, PA

Summary:

The city of Curwensville, Pennsylvania is home to two schools: Curwensville Area Elementary School and Curwensville Area Junior/Senior High School, both part of the Curwensville Area School District. The elementary school has consistently strong performance in English Language Arts and math, with high science proficiency rates, while the junior/senior high school excels in English Language Arts and Keystone Exams, with a high graduation rate.

At the elementary school, 6th-grade English Language Arts proficiency rates exceed 70%, and 4th and 6th-grade math proficiency rates are above the state average. The school also boasts impressive 4th-grade science proficiency rates of 86.4%. However, the school has a very high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 99.46%. The junior/senior high school, on the other hand, has impressive 8th-grade English Language Arts proficiency rates around 75% and 11th-grade Keystone Exam proficiency rates in Literature above 58%, but lower math proficiency compared to the district and state.

Overall, the Curwensville Area School District is performing reasonably well, with both schools showing strengths in certain areas. The extremely high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at both schools suggests a high level of economic disadvantage in the community, which may be a significant factor in the schools' performance and resource needs. The contrast between the elementary school's strong academic performance and the high school's more mixed results suggests a potential need to examine the transition and continuity of educational programs between the two levels.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2025)	Keystone Exams Biology (2025)	Keystone Exams Literature (2025)	PSSA Math (2025)							PSSA English Language Arts (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Curwensville Area Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	650 Beech St	Curwensville	16833	Clearfield County	Curwensville Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 236-1100	429	40	10.7	99.3%	417 (97.2%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	44.8	424^th of 681 public high schools	37.7%		50.2	387^th of 686 public high schools	43.6%	37	33.3	47.2	58.6					30.1	41.4	35.1					55.4	74.6	63.9	$25,776	$2,280	$23,496
Curwensville Area Elementary School	Public	K-6	650 Beech St	Curwensville	16833	Clearfield County	Curwensville Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 236-1101	533	43	12.4	99.4%	525 (98.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	63.5	594^th of 1511 public elementary schools	60.7%		66.2	566^th of 1526 public elementary schools	62.9%	28				50.0	56.0	34.5	56.1			48.9	48.6	50.6	56.3	73.2			57.6	$18,320	$1,621	$16,700

Cities Near Curwensville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Clearfield	2.63 mi	3	561^st
Houtzdale	11.91 mi	2	553^rd
Du Bois	14.71 mi	5	273^rd
Osceola Mills	15.72 mi	1	265^th
Philipsburg	16.28 mi	3	340^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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