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Enrollment
832
High
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALD EAGLE AREA SD·NCES 420291001335
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS
710 S Eagle Valley Rd, Wingate, PA 16823 · (814) 355-4868 · Centre County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL832 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
363 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 115 | 14% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bald Eagle Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
39.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 35.0% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS this school | 832 | 43.6% | 49.0% |
| General McLane High School Edinboro | 690 | 44.1% | 63.5% |
| Hughesville JSHS Hughesville | 728 | 41.3% | 49.2% |
| Karns City Jr/Sr High School Karns City | 642 | 46.1% | 41.2% |
| Selinsgrove Area High School Selinsgrove | 744 | 44.9% | 65.8% |
| Big Spring High School Newville | 764 | 39.0% | 44.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #318 of 576 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #313 of 626 ▲ 29 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #487 of 626 ▲ 11 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 832 | #227 of 713 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #178 of 601 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #539 of 604 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.6% | #420 of 619 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #167 of 373 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
832
-24 (-3%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,095
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 832 | 66.1 | 12.6:1 | 44% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 852 | 66.1 | 12.9:1 | 43% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 842 | 65.1 | 12.9:1 | 29% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 856 | 68 | 12.6:1 | 25% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 931 | 69.8 | 13.3:1 | 34% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 964 | 68 | 14.2:1 | 39% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 893 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 38% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 1,096 | 62 | 17.7:1 | 27% (294) |
| 1990-91 | 1,095 | 67 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (931 to 832); teachers down 5% (69.8 to 66.1).
About Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS is a mid-sized high school based in Wingate, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 832 students.
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS is part of Bald Eagle Area SD, where 5 schools serve 1,482 students.
The share of students at Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS who are White is 96%. Among people living in Centre County, the White share is about 84%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 66.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.6 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 12.8:1. The school reported 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 31% average among public schools in Centre County.
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS is 9.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.0% versus 58.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Centre County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,291 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS shares Centre County with 32 other public schools.
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS is about 0.1 miles from Wingate Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 49.0% against a local average of 60.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment fell by 3% across 4 years, from 856 in 2020-21 to 832 in 2024-25.
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Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bald Eagle Area SD
- Wingate Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Mountaintop Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 104 students
- Port Matilda Elementary SchoolElementary · 94 students
- Howard Elementary SchoolElementary · 87 students
Nearby schools
- Wingate Elementary School0.1 mi · 365
- Bellefonte Elementary School2.2 mi · 318
- Benner Elementary School3.0 mi · 252
- Bellefonte Area Middle School3.1 mi · 591
- Bellefonte Area High School3.1 mi · 850
- Central PA Institute of Science and Technology5.3 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Bald Eagle Area MS/SHSHow many students attend Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS?
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS enrolls approximately 832 students in grades 06-12.
Is Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS have?
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS?
Student demographics at Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS public or private?
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bald Eagle Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.