Beaver Area SHS

As a moderately sized high school in Beaver, Pennsylvania, Beaver Area SHS works with 650 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Beaver Area SD.

Within Beaver Area SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,981 students, Beaver Area SHS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Beaver Area SHS logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at Beaver Area SHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Beaver County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Beaver Area SHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 67.2%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Beaver County indicate median household income runs about $71,089, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Beaver Area SHS is one of 52 public schools in Beaver County (combined enrollment of about 31,222 students).

Beaver Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beaver Area SHS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.5%.

Beaver Area SHS operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 672 students in 2018 compared to 650 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.