Harlan Rowe MS

Set in Athens, Pennsylvania, Harlan Rowe MS is a small junior high, overseen by Athens Area SD. It enrolls 496 students across grades 6 through 8.

Athens Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,019 students; Harlan Rowe MS is among them.

Demographically, Harlan Rowe MS reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Harlan Rowe MS has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harlan Rowe MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.5%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of +7.2 points.

Around the school, Bradford County reports that median household income runs about $63,675, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Bradford County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,392 students), Harlan Rowe MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Audrielle Lynch-Ellen Bustin El Sch, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Harlan Rowe MS comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 504 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 97% to 88%.

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