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Schools in Spring Mills

Spring Mills’s public schools

Penns Valley Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Spring Mills. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% 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
62%
2021–22
Math proficiency
54%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.9K
▼ 13% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.4
PA 13.4
Schools in town
0
1,271 students on the public path
In brief

Spring Mills’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Spring Mills’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Centre Hall-Potter El Sch places highest (better than 84%); Penns Valley Area JSHS lowest (45%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Spring Mills, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Penns Valley Area JSHS. 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 Spring Mills, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–43 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A−
7–12Penns Valley Area JSHSPenns Valley Area School DistrictB−

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

Penns Valley Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,271 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$18,947PA $21,758 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading62%
State average 55.1% · 696 students tested
Math54%
State average 36.1% · 685 students tested

Spring Mills vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Spring Mills’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Spring Mills—Penns Valley Area

Every school in Spring Mills

4 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 Spring Millsin other towns
Centre Hall-Potter El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Centre Hall
A−
205 students15:1Rate it →
Miles Township El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Rebersburg
B
86 students13:1Rate it →
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch
Elementary · Grades K–6
B+
348 students13:1Rate it →
Penns Valley Area JSHS
High · Grades 7–12
B−
632 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Spring Mills’s schools

Are Spring Mills’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Spring Mills. Penns Valley Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Spring Mills. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Spring Mills in?

Penns Valley Area School District.

Where do Spring Mills kids go to high school?

Penns Valley 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.