Ranshaw’s public schools score below 80% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Ranshaw’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Ranshaw’s schools are like
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Ranshaw’s schools beat 20% of districts. Among the 1,171 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 4%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
Fewer students graduate on time
77% of students graduate on time, 11 points below the state’s 88%.
Ranshaw shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Ranshaw’s path is shared: Shamokin Area El Sch, Shamokin Area MS and Shamokin Area HS. The high school earns the best grade on the path (C+); the middle school earns the lowest (C−). See the path ↓
Less money per student than most
Ranshaw spends 35% less per student than the state average. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Ranshaw compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Ranshaw.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Ranshaw
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Ranshaw families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Ranshaw
There’s no college in Ranshaw, but 7 are within 30 miles. The closest is Triangle Tech Inc-Sunbury in Upper Augusta, 13.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Ranshaw. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.