Carmichaels Area HS

Carmichaels Area HS operates as a minimally staffed secondary school in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Carmichaels Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 293 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 60% below typical.

Carmichaels Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 934 students; Carmichaels Area HS is among them.

In terms of who attends, Carmichaels Area HS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

On the resource side, On paper, Carmichaels Area HS has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Carmichaels Area HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Greene County (around 69%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Carmichaels Area HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.2%; this one delivers 41.6%.

In the broader community, Greene County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,041, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Greene County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,331 students), of which Carmichaels Area HS is one.

Carmichaels Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Carmichaels Area HS. On composite proficiency, Carmichaels Area HS comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Carmichaels Area HS's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 337 (now 293).

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