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Schools in Bell Township

Bell Township’s public schools

Purchase Line School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bell Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
54%
2021–22
Math proficiency
23%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$23.1K
▲ 6% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.7
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
716 students on the public path
In brief

Bell Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Bell Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Purchase Line El Sch places highest (better than 36%); Purchase Line JSHS lowest (23%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bell Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Purchase Line El Schin CommodoreC+
7–12Purchase Line JSHSin CommodoreC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Purchase Line School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Purchase Line School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 716 students, down 14% since 2020–21 · 11.7 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$23,058PA $21,758 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading54%
State average 55.1% · 424 students tested
Math23%
State average 36.1% · 420 students tested

Bell Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Bell Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bell Township—Purchase Line
BurnsideB−Harmony Area
Greenwood—Curwensville Area
Newburg—Purchase Line
BradyBDuBois Area
Ferguson—Curwensville Area
Banks—Punxsutawney Area
Gaskill—Punxsutawney Area

Every school in Bell Township

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bell Townshipin other towns
Purchase Line El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Commodore
C+
353 students12:1Rate it →
Purchase Line JSHS
High · Grades 7–12 · Commodore
C−
363 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Bell Township’s schools

Are Bell Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bell Township. Purchase Line School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bell Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bell Township in?

Purchase Line School District.

Where do Bell Township kids go to high school?

Purchase Line JSHS.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.