Corry Area MS

Set in Corry, Pennsylvania, Corry Area MS is an intimate middle school, operated by Corry Area SD. It instructs 415 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Corry Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,807 students; Corry Area MS is among them.

In terms of who attends, Corry Area MS logs that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest breaks down as 9% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Corry Area MS has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Corry Area MS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 104% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Corry Area MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Erie County shows median household earnings sit near $63,354, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Corry Area MS is one of 68 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students).

Corry Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 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), Corry Area MS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.3%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 415 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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