Charleroi Area HS

Charleroi Area HS is a senior high of compact scale in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, operated by Charleroi SD, hosting 450 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Charleroi Area HS sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

Charleroi SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,370 students. Charleroi Area HS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Charleroi Area HS logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Black, 12% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Charleroi Area HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.1%; this one delivers 43.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $78,958 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students), Charleroi Area HS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Charleroi Area MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charleroi Area HS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 32.0%.

Charleroi Area HS operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 450 students in 2018 compared to 450 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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