Huntingdon Area MS

Set in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon Area MS is an intimate 6-8 campus, run under Huntingdon Area SD. It enrolls 419 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 29% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Huntingdon Area MS is one of 4 schools operated by Huntingdon Area SD, a district that instructs 1,694 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Huntingdon Area MS logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Huntingdon County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Huntingdon Area MS logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Huntingdon County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Huntingdon Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -11.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Huntingdon County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,557 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Huntingdon County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,454 students), Huntingdon Area MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Standing Stone El Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Huntingdon Area MS comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

Huntingdon Area MS operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 421 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.