High Schools in Tussey Mountain School District

Summary:

The Tussey Mountain School District in Pennsylvania has only one high school, Tussey Mountain High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 232 out of 681 schools in 2024-2025 to 465 out of 686 schools in 2023-2024.

Tussey Mountain High School's academic performance shows some strengths and weaknesses. While the school's proficiency rates in Literature are relatively strong, with 66.6% of students proficient in 2024-2025, its performance in Algebra I and Biology is more mixed, with proficiency rates of 60% and 50.9%, respectively, in the same year. The school's four-year graduation rate of 87.9% is slightly below the state average, but its dropout rate of 1.4% is relatively low.

One notable characteristic of Tussey Mountain High School is the high percentage of students (99.68%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Despite this, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.4 and a high per-student spending of $18,712, suggesting a focus on providing additional resources and support to students. Overall, the data suggests that Tussey Mountain High School faces some challenges, but the school's efforts to support its students may be helping to address these issues.

District Detail

199 Front Street
Saxton, PA 16678-8610

(814) 635-3670

SchoolDigger Rank:
407^th of 606 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 915

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2025)	Keystone Exams Biology (2025)	Keystone Exams Literature (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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tussey Mountain High School	Public	9-12	199 Front Street	Saxton	16678	Bedford County	Tussey Mountain School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 635-2975	293	25	11.8	105.5%	283 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	67.9	232^nd of 681 public high schools	65.9%		39.7	465^th of 686 public high schools	32.2%	233	60.0	50.9	66.6	$19,144	$777	$18,368

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Northern Bedford County School District	8.1 mi	3	160^th
Forbes Road School District	10.19 mi	2	218^th
Spring Cove School District	11.13 mi	4	377^th
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Southern Huntingdon County School District	11.89 mi	4	351^st

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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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