Girard HS

Girard HS operates as an intimate high school in Girard, Pennsylvania, run under Girard SD. Current enrollment sits at 477 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 738.

Within Girard SD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,446 students, Girard HS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Girard HS records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 106% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Erie County's rate of about 74%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, 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 Girard HS is one.

The closest other public school is Rice Avenue MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 518 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.