NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Lewistown, PA

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7 public K-12 schools in Lewistown from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,682
Students
39.2/100
Avg Resource Index
12.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lewistown has more public-school enrollment than 39% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lewistown sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Lewistown's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Lewistown lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 5 to 1,032 students, a 206-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 61%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
42nd percentile
Teacher staffing
88th percentile

Mifflin Co Hs accounts for 28.0% of all Lewistown public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Lewistown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lewistown school enrollment varies 206× across entities

Lewistown school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,032 students (highest), a spread of 1,027 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lewistown reports 63.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lewistown student-teacher ratio is 12.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. East Derry El Sch 53
2. Lewistown Intrmd Sch 43
3. Mifflin Co Jhs 39
4. Mifflin Co Hs 37
5. Mifflin Co Ms 37
6. Lewistown El Sch 26
7. Mifflin County Academy of Science and Te -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lewistown

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lewistown El Sch 33.2/100
  2. 2 Mifflin County Academy of Science and Te 32.0/100
  3. 3 Mifflin Co Jhs 23.3/100
  4. 4 Lewistown Intrmd Sch 20.7/100
  5. 5 Mifflin Co Ms 17.8/100

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Which Lewistown school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

East Derry El Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lewistown schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lewistown, PA? ▼

Lewistown has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,682 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.