Best Public Schools in Mc Alisterville, PA

Summary:

The city of Mc Alisterville, Pennsylvania has only one public high school, East Juniata Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12 and has a total enrollment of 366 students. The school is part of the Juniata County School District, which is ranked 409 out of 606 districts in Pennsylvania and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

East Juniata Junior/Senior High School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 334 out of 681 Pennsylvania high schools in 2024-2025 to 487 out of 674 in 2022-2023. The school's test scores are generally below the Juniata County School District and Pennsylvania state averages across PSSA and Keystone Exams in Math, English Language Arts, Science, and various subject areas. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 48.91% in 2023-2024, indicating a high-need student population.

Despite these challenges, East Juniata Junior/Senior High School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11:1 in 2023-2024. However, the school's spending per student for the 2022-2023 school year was $14,427, which is lower than the state average. These factors suggest that the school may be facing resource constraints that could be impacting its ability to support student learning and improve academic outcomes.

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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 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	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
East Juniata Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	32944 Route 35	Mc Alisterville	17049	Juniata County	Juniata County School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 463-2111	362	32	11.3	49.4%	336 (92.8%)	3 (0.8%)	11 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	55.1	334^th of 681 public high schools	51.0%		47.6	406^th of 686 public high schools	40.8%	72	41.7	46.7	66.6	29.0	15.4	22.5	52.7	55.8	54.2	$20,443	$597	$19,847

Cities Near Mc Alisterville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Thompsontown	5.78 mi	1
Beaver Springs	7.02 mi	1	432^nd
Richfield	8 mi	2	541^st
Mifflintown	8.33 mi	5	649^th
Millerstown	8.8 mi	3	176^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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