Erie HS

Located at 3325 Cherry St, in Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie HS is an expansive 9-12 campus that caters to 2,501 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Erie City SD. That puts it 239% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Within Erie City SD, which oversees 15 schools and 10,473 students, Erie HS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Erie HS logs that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 35% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Erie HS shows 180 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Erie County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Erie HS is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.2%; Erie HS posts 8.2%, -27.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household earnings sit near $63,354, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Erie HS is one.

Perry El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Erie HS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Erie HS's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,402 (now 2,501). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Erie HS community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.