Editing Juniata County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
[[Image:Map of Juniata County Pennsylvania School Districts.png|thumb|300 px|Map of Juniata County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts]]
[[File:Greenwood School District Map.png|thumb|250 px|Map of Greenwood School District]]

===Schools and school districts===
There are two public [[school district]]s in Juniata County:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42067_juniata/DC20SD_C42067.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Juniata County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-23}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42067_juniata/DC20SD_C42067_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> the [[Juniata County School District]] and the [[Greenwood School District (Pennsylvania)|Greenwood School District]]. Both of these are [[K-12]] school districts. The Greenwood School District serves [[Greenwood Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania|Greenwood Township]] and parts of [[Perry County, Pennsylvania|Perry County]] and the Juniata County School District serves the rest of Juniata County.<ref name = "chapter07">{{Citation|url = http://co.juniata.pa.us/docs/comp_plan/Chapter_07.pdf|title = Juniata County Comprehensive Plan: Chapter 7 – Community Facilities|access-date = May 14, 2014}}</ref>

The Juniata County School District previously consisted of nine elementary schools, one junior high school, and two high schools. In the 2006–2007 school year, there were 3,123 students in the school district. The largest high school in the district is the [[Juniata High School]], with 637 students. The largest elementary school in the district is the Fermanagh-Mifflintown Elementary School, with 238 students and the smallest one is the Susquehanna Township Elementary School, with 63 students.<ref name = "chapter07"/> In the 2018–2019 academic year, the Juniata County School District consolidated into two elementary additions, centered on the existing schools of Fermanagh-Mifflintown Elementary School and Monroe Township Elementary School. Respectively, these schools were renamed as Juniata Elementary and East Juniata Elementary Schools.

The Greenwood School District has an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. They have 449, 137, and 278 students, respectively.<ref name = "chapter07"/>

Additionally, there are 12 [[private school]]s in Juniata County, most of which are religious schools run by groups such as the [[Amish]] or other types of [[Mennonite]]s. Nearly all are based in Mifflintown, McAlisterville, or Thompsontown, although one is based in Port Royal. In May 2014, the largest private school in the county was the Juniata Christian School, which had 220 students, and the smallest private school was the Breezy Hollow Amish School, which had 18 students.<ref name = "chapter07"/>

There are no colleges in Juniata County, although there are twelve in the county's general vicinity.<ref name = "chapter07"/>

===Statistics===
In 1990, 16.91% of Juniata County residents over 25 years of age had less than a ninth-grade education. 17.93% of residents over 25 years of age had a ninth-grade education to a twelfth-grade education and 46.35% had graduated from [[High school (North America)|high school]]. 7.80% of the residents had attended college, but did not have a degree and 3.76% had an [[associate degree]]. 4.67% of Juniata County residents aged 25 years or more had a [[bachelor's degree]] and 2.59% had a graduate or professional degree.<ref name = "chapter03"/>

By 2000, the percentage of people with less than a ninth-grade education had decreased to 5% and the percentage with a ninth-grade to twelfth-grade education had decreased to 13%. The percentage of people who graduated high school decreased to 38%, but the percentage of people who attended college but did not get a degree increased to 16%. The percentage of people with an associate degree increased to 6%, the percentage of people who had a bachelor's degree increased to 14%, and the percentage of people with a graduate or professional degree increased to 8%.<ref name = "chapter03"/>

Of the townships and boroughs in Juniata County, Lack Township has the highest percentage of people without a high school diploma (42.43%). Spruce Hill Township has the lowest percentage of people without a high school diploma (18.00%). Mifflintown has the highest percentage of people with a [[higher education]].<ref name = "chapter03"/>