Indiana Area JHS

Indiana Area JHS, a moderately sized middle-grades school in Indiana, Pennsylvania, overseen by Indiana Area SD, hosts 628 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 6 schools in Indiana Area SD (2,803 students total), Indiana Area JHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Indiana Area JHS logs that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder is composed of 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Indiana Area JHS lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Indiana Area JHS higher than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Indiana County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Indiana Area JHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.8%; this one delivers 56.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Indiana County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,208 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Indiana County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,470 students), Indiana Area JHS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Indiana Area SHS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Indiana Area JHS comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Indiana Area JHS has fell 9%, going from 690 students in 2018 to 628 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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