Bellefonte Area HS

Located at 830 E Bishop St, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Bellefonte Area HS is a middle-of-the-pack secondary school that teaches 850 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Bellefonte Area SD.

Bellefonte Area SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,579 students; Bellefonte Area HS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bellefonte Area HS reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Bellefonte Area HS reports 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bellefonte Area HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.7%, the actual is 56.0%, a residual of -8.7 points.

In the area at large, Centre County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,291, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Centre County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,674 students), Bellefonte Area HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bellefonte Area MS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bellefonte Area HS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

Bellefonte Area HS operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 849 students in 2018 compared to 850 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 96% to 91% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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