Summary:
The 17921 zip code is home to a single high school, North Schuylkill Junior/Senior High School, which serves students in grades 7-12 within the North Schuylkill School District. While the school has a slightly below-average four-year graduation rate and a lower-than-state-average dropout rate, its academic performance on standardized assessments, including PSSA and Keystone Exams, has consistently lagged behind both district and state averages.
North Schuylkill Junior/Senior High School has a statewide ranking that has fluctuated between 445 and 482 out of 674-686 Pennsylvania high schools over the past three school years, with a 1-2 star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in PSSA Math (27%) and PSSA English Language Arts (45.8%) were significantly lower than the state averages (41.7% and 48.5%, respectively) in the 2024-2025 school year. Similarly, the school's proficiency rates in Keystone Exams were also below state averages, with 34.8% in Algebra I, 26.7% in Biology, and 59.7% in Literature.
Despite the school's slightly higher per-student spending compared to the state average, the data suggests that North Schuylkill Junior/Senior High School faces challenges in academic achievement and performance, which may be influenced by a combination of factors. The school's high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, as indicated by the free and reduced-price lunch rate, may be a contributing factor to its lower academic performance. Targeted interventions and a deeper analysis of the school's strengths and weaknesses could help identify opportunities for improvement and support the school's efforts to provide a high-quality education for its students.
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