Summary
Mahanoy Area Junior/Senior High School is a public school serving grades 7-12 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, with 536 students. The school is part of the Mahanoy Area School District, which is ranked 528 out of 606 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Mahanoy Area Junior/Senior High School significantly underperforms the state averages across multiple academic measures. In 2024-2025, only 9.1% of students were proficient or better in PSSA Math, compared to the state average of 41.7%. In PSSA English Language Arts, the school had 15.3% proficiency compared to 48.5% statewide. The school also lags behind the state in Keystone Exam proficiency, with 40.4% in Algebra I, 30.5% in Biology, and 40.4% in Literature, compared to state averages of 44.3%, 49.3%, and 62.1% respectively. The school's 4-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 76.5% and 87.9% over the past 5 years, which is below the state average, and the dropout rate has ranged from 1.3% to 3.4%, which is higher than the state's average.
Mahanoy Area Junior/Senior High School performs significantly worse than most of the nearby high schools analyzed, such as Schuylkill Haven Senior High School, Tamaqua Area Senior High School, and Pottsville Area High School, which all have higher academic proficiency rates, graduation rates, and lower dropout rates. Despite spending between $16,446 and $17,399 per student, which is higher than the state average and most nearby schools, and having a relatively small class size, the school has struggled to improve student achievement.
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