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Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania 1Photo: Ruhrfisch 00:33, 23 December 2009 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schools in Picture Rocks

Picture Rocks’s public schools

East Lycoming School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Picture Rocks. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools 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
59%
2021–22
Math proficiency
54%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.0K
▼ 27% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.2
PA 13.4 · larger classes
Schools in town
1
867 students on the public path
In brief

Picture Rocks’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Picture Rocks’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. George A Ferrell El Sch places highest (better than 78%); Hughesville JSHS lowest (70%). 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 Picture Rocks, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–6George A Ferrell El SchEast Lycoming School DistrictA−
7–12Hughesville JSHSin HughesvilleB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the East Lycoming 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.

East Lycoming School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,601 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 15.2 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$15,987PA $21,758 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading59%
State average 55.1% · 844 students tested
Math54%
State average 36.1% · 793 students tested

Picture Rocks vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Picture Rocks’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Picture Rocks—East Lycoming
Shrewsbury—East Lycoming
WolfAEast Lycoming
Penn—East Lycoming

All 3 neighbors share East Lycoming with Picture Rocks, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Picture Rocks

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 Picture Rocksby address
George A Ferrell El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–6
A−
139 students14:1Rate it →
Also serving Picture Rocksin other towns
Hughesville JSHS
High · Grades 7–12 · Hughesville
B+
728 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Picture Rocks’s schools

Are Picture Rocks’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Picture Rocks. East Lycoming School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Picture Rocks. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Picture Rocks in?

East Lycoming School District.

Where do Picture Rocks kids go to high school?

Hughesville JSHS.

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What Picture Rocks 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.