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Schools in Lower Turkeyfoot Township

Lower Turkeyfoot Township’s public schools

Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lower Turkeyfoot 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
37%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.7K
▼ 0% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.9
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
249 students on the public path
In brief

Lower Turkeyfoot Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Lower Turkeyfoot Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS places highest (better than 28%); Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch 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 Lower Turkeyfoot Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Turkeyfoot Valley Area El SchTurkeyfoot Valley Area School DistrictC−
7–12Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHSTurkeyfoot Valley Area School DistrictC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Turkeyfoot Valley Area 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.

Turkeyfoot Valley Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 249 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 10.9 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$21,691PA $21,758 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading37%
State average 55.1% · 130 students tested
Math22%
State average 36.1% · 116 students tested

Lower Turkeyfoot Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lower Turkeyfoot Township—Turkeyfoot Valley Area
Upper TurkeyfootARockwood Area
Addison—Turkeyfoot Valley Area
Henry ClayCUniontown Area
Confluence—Turkeyfoot Valley Area
SpringfieldC−Connellsville Area
Ursina—Turkeyfoot Valley Area
Stewart—Uniontown Area

3 of the 7 neighbors share Turkeyfoot Valley Area with Lower Turkeyfoot Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Lower Turkeyfoot 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).

District schools in Lower Turkeyfoot Townshipby address
Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Confluence
C−
135 students10:1Rate it →
Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS
High · Grades 7–12 · Confluence
C
114 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Lower Turkeyfoot Township’s schools

Are Lower Turkeyfoot Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lower Turkeyfoot Township. Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lower Turkeyfoot 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 Lower Turkeyfoot Township in?

Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District.

Where do Lower Turkeyfoot Township kids go to high school?

Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS.

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What Lower Turkeyfoot Township families are saying about school.

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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.