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If you had an hour of school board time for Grove City Area HS, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
649
High
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROVE CITY AREA SD·NCES 421122003145
Grove City Area High School
511 Highland Ave, Grove City, PA 16127 · (724) 458-5456 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
282 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 146 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 182 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 177 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 144 | 22% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Grove City Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
46.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.9% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 47.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grove City Area High School
Grove City Area High School's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City Area High School this school | 649 | 43.5% | 58.0% |
| Lakeland JSHS Scott Township | 623 | 43.3% | 49.9% |
| Harbor Creek Senior High School Harborcreek | 692 | 42.8% | 66.4% |
| General McLane High School Edinboro | 690 | 44.1% | 63.5% |
| Selinsgrove Area High School Selinsgrove | 744 | 44.9% | 65.8% |
| Hopewell SHS Aliquippa | 614 | 39.7% | 54.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grove City Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #191 of 576 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #225 of 626 ▼ 30 | #3 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #153 of 626 ▲ 99 | #2 of 12 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #306 of 713 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #353 of 601 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #361 of 604 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #424 of 619 | #12 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
649
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 649 | 45.2 | 14.4:1 | 43% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 59.5 | 10.9:1 | 43% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 40.6 | 14.8:1 | 33% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 93% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 39.1 | 16.6:1 | 23% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 25% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | 39 | 19.4:1 | 25% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 43 | 17.8:1 | 14% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | 46 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grove City Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (649 to 649); teachers up 16% (39.1 to 45.2).
About Grove City Area High School
Grove City Area High School is a medium-sized high school. Its address is in Grove City, Pennsylvania. It serves 649 students in grades 9 through 12.
Grove City Area High School belongs to Grove City Area SD, a district of 3 schools and 1,859 students.
White students make up 88% of enrollment at Grove City Area High School. After that, the student body is 4% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Mercer County is about 88% White. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 45.2 full-time equivalents, or about 14.4 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.6 above the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 43%. Compared with the 71% average for public schools in Mercer County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Grove City Area High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Grove City Area High School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (58.0% versus 59.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Federal survey data for Mercer County show that the median household income is $59,976, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 37 public schools in Mercer County, enrolling about 12,815 students in all.
Hillview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Grove City Area High School holds 2 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Grove City Area High School at 5th of 7.
The federal government classifies Grove City Area High School's location as Town: Distant.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment rise, from 619 in 2020-21 to 649 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2020-21 to 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
The Grove City Area High School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
109,257
Census ACS
Median income
$59,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
12,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grove City Area SD
- Hillview Elementary SchoolElementary · 768 students
- Grove City Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 442 students
- Grove City Area George Jr Elementary SchoolCombined
- Grove City Area George Jr High SchoolCombined
- Grove City Area George Jr Middle SchoolCombined
Other schools in Grove City
- Hillview Elementary SchoolElementary · 768 students
- Grove City Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 442 students
- Grove City Area George Jr Elementary SchoolCombined
- Grove City Area George Jr High SchoolCombined
- Grove City Area George Jr Middle SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Hillview Elementary School1.4 mi · 768
- Grove City Area Middle School1.5 mi · 442
- Slippery Rock Area Elementary School6.6 mi · 453
- Slippery Rock Area Middle School7.8 mi · 404
- Slippery Rock Area High School7.9 mi · 627
- Mercer Area Middle School8.9 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About Grove City Area High SchoolHow large is Grove City Area High School?
Grove City Area High School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades 09-12.
Is Grove City Area High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grove City Area High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Grove City Area High School have?
Grove City Area High School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grove City Area High School?
At Grove City Area High School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Grove City Area High School?
Grove City Area High School is overseen by Grove City Area SD in Mercer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.