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Schools in Portage Township

Portage Township’s public schools

Austin Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Portage 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
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$26.6K
▲ 22% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.7
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
123 students on the public path
In brief

Portage Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Portage Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Austin Area JSHS places highest (better than 47%); Austin Area El Sch lowest (30%). 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 Portage Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Austin Area El Schin AustinC
7–12Austin Area JSHSin AustinB−

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

Austin Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 123 students, down 35% since 2020–21 · 8.7 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$26,584PA $21,758 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 55.1% · 88 students tested
Math42%
State average 36.1% · 76 students tested

Portage Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Portage Township—Austin Area
Wharton—Austin Area
Lumber—Cameron County
Portage Township—Cameron County
Sylvania—Austin Area
Austin—Austin Area
Keating—Austin Area

4 of the 6 neighbors share Austin Area with Portage Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Portage 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 Portage Townshipin other towns
Austin Area El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Austin
C
62 students8:1Rate it →
Austin Area JSHS
High · Grades 7–12 · Austin
B−
61 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Portage Township’s schools

Are Portage Township’s schools good?

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

Austin Area School District.

Where do Portage Township kids go to high school?

Austin Area 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.