Best Public Schools in Houtzdale, PA

Summary:

The city of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania is home to two schools that are part of the Moshannon Valley School District. Both Moshannon Valley Elementary School and Moshannon Valley Junior/Senior High School serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade, but their academic performance appears to be average or below-average compared to state standards.

Moshannon Valley Elementary School has a student enrollment of 407 and a student-teacher ratio of 12.3. While the school performs better than the state average in science proficiency, it struggles in math and English language arts (ELA), with proficiency rates below the Pennsylvania averages. Moshannon Valley Junior/Senior High School, with an enrollment of 381 students and a student-teacher ratio of 13.5, also lags behind the state in math proficiency, but outperforms the state in ELA. The high school's 4-year graduation rate is 87.5%, and its dropout rate is 1.6%.

Both schools serve a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 100% of Moshannon Valley Elementary School students and 82.41% of Moshannon Valley Junior/Senior High School students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the relatively high spending per student at both schools, the academic performance does not seem to reflect this level of investment. The Moshannon Valley School District is ranked 352 out of 610 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating that there is room for improvement in the overall quality of education provided to the students in this area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2024)	Keystone Exams Biology (2024)	Keystone Exams Literature (2024)	PSSA Math (2024)							PSSA Science (2024)			PSSA English Language Arts (2024)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science 8th Grade	PSSA Science All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	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
Moshannon Valley Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	4934 Green Acre Rd	Houtzdale	16651	Clearfield County	Moshannon Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 378-7616	381	28	13.5	82.4%	366 (96.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	52.1	368^th of 686 public high schools	46.4%		34.3	489^th of 674 public high schools	27.4%	121	45.4	47.0	57.6					24.5	27.3	26.0		63.7	63.7					59.2	52.7	55.8	$17,667	$1,455	$16,212
Moshannon Valley Elementary School	Public	K-6	5026 Green Acre Rd	Houtzdale	16651	Clearfield County	Moshannon Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 378-7683	407	33	12.3	100.0%	390 (95.8%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	44.7	950^th of 1526 public elementary schools	37.7%		37.3	1060^th of 1534 public elementary schools	30.9%	110				36.0	36.6	49.1	37.1			39.7	71.2		71.2	54.0	41.2	54.5	42.0			47.7	$16,150	$1,670	$14,479

Cities Near Houtzdale

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Osceola Mills	4.48 mi	1	294^th
Philipsburg	7.41 mi	3	314^th
Tyrone	11.62 mi	3	222^nd
Flinton	13.14 mi	2	252^nd
Morrisdale	13.2 mi	3	379^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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