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Wyalusing Valley JSHS → Troy Area JSHS → Athens Area HS → Sayre Area HS → Northeast Bradford JSHS → Elk Lake JSHS → Canton JSHS → Montrose Area JSHS →At a glance
- 6 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 5 chemistry
- AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: 52nd percentile by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 87% in 2019 (Bottom 39% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Towanda Area JSHS compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Wyalusing Valley JSHS, Troy Area JSHS, Athens Area HS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
70th percentile nationally
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2152nd percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 39% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $32,875/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 709 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $19,605 per student in district revenue, the 9 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $176,445/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyalusing Valley JSHS Wyalusing |
Public | 12.7 | 382 | -0.8% |
| Troy Area JSHS Troy |
Public | 17.2 | 438 | +4.5% |
| Athens Area HS Athens |
Public | 14.3 | 599 | -10.3% |
| Sayre Area HS Sayre |
Public | 15.0 | 278 | -5.4% |
| Northeast Bradford JSHS Rome |
Public | 12.8 | 217 | -10.3% |
| Elk Lake JSHS Springville |
Public | 25.7 | 344 | +4.9% |
| Canton JSHS Canton |
Public | 21.7 | 254 | -10.9% |
| Montrose Area JSHS Montrose |
Public | 31.6 | 367 | -2.7% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantTowanda Area JSHS is a public high school in Towanda, PA, enrolling 709 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 24% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 6 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 70% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
74 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 52% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 87% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 354 students per school counselor.
24% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Towanda Area JSHS offer? Towanda Area JSHS offers 6 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 70% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Towanda Area JSHS's graduation rate? Towanda Area JSHS's federal four-year graduation rate was about 87% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Towanda Area JSHS? Towanda Area JSHS is a public high school in Towanda, PA, enrolling 709 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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