Charleroi Area MS

Charleroi Area MS is one of the intimate middle-grades schools in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, part of Charleroi SD, with 299 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 50% smaller than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Charleroi SD (1,370 students total), Charleroi Area MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Charleroi Area MS shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder looks like 19% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Charleroi Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of -14.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that median household income runs about $78,958, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students), Charleroi Area MS is one campus in the mix.

Charleroi Area El Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charleroi Area MS at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Charleroi Area MS's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 361 (now 299). White enrollment moved from 83% to 66% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.