DuBois Area MS

DuBois Area MS operates as a roomy 6-8 campus in DuBois, Pennsylvania, operated by DuBois Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 1,058 students spanning grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so DuBois Area MS sits 78% bigger than that benchmark.

Within DuBois Area SD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,179 students, DuBois Area MS is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, DuBois Area MS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DuBois Area MS has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DuBois Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of +13.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clearfield County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,152 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. DuBois Area MS is one of 19 public schools in Clearfield County (combined enrollment of about 8,409 students).

Nearest neighbor: DuBois Area SHS, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DuBois Area MS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 28%: 829 students in 2018 compared to 1,058 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for DuBois Area MS typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.