Bradford Area HS

Bradford Area HS is one of the mid-sized four-year high schools in Bradford, Pennsylvania, run under Bradford Area SD, with 702 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Bradford Area HS is one of 4 schools operated by Bradford Area SD, a district that serves 2,230 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bradford Area HS lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bradford Area HS has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 105% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, McKean County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Bradford Area HS sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.6%; actual is 64.2%, +31.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for McKean County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,905 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McKean County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,275 students), of which Bradford Area HS is one.

Nearest neighbor: School Street El Sch, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bradford Area HS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Bradford Area HS's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 770 (now 702). The White share of enrollment shrank from 94% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.