Conneaut Area MS

Conneaut Area MS, a modestly sized middle school in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, operated by Conneaut SD, instructs 408 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 594.

Within Conneaut SD, which oversees 5 schools and 1,976 students, Conneaut Area MS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Conneaut Area MS reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Crawford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Conneaut Area MS shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Crawford County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Conneaut Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 49.3%, a residual of +1.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Crawford County put the typical household earns roughly $60,476 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Crawford County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,156 students), Conneaut Area MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Conneaut Lake-Sadsbury El Sch, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Conneaut Area MS. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Conneaut Area MS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.0%.

Conneaut Area MS operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Conneaut Area MS's enrollment has increased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 408). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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