Grove City Area MS

Grove City Area MS is one of the intimate 6-8 campuss in Grove City, Pennsylvania, part of Grove City Area SD, with 442 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 594.

Within Grove City Area SD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,859 students, Grove City Area MS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Grove City Area MS lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Mercer County as a whole.

On the resource side, Grove City Area MS records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Grove City Area MS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grove City Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.6%, the actual is 53.0%, a residual of -6.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mercer County put median household earnings sit near $59,976, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grove City Area MS is one of 37 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 12,815 students).

The closest other public school is Hillview El Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Grove City Area MS comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 95% to 90%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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