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Enrollment
913
High
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANA AREA SD·NCES 421215002325
Indiana Area SHS
450 N 5th St, Indiana, PA 15701 · (724) 463-8562 · Indiana County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
17.2:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
408 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 240 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 228 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 195 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 250 | 27% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Indiana Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
62.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 59.5% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Indiana Area SHS
Indiana Area SHS's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Area SHS this school | 913 | 44.7% | 70.0% |
| Hickory High School Hermitage | 768 | 45.3% | 61.4% |
| Trinity SHS Washington | 1,054 | 43.1% | 63.3% |
| Selinsgrove Area High School Selinsgrove | 744 | 44.9% | 65.8% |
| Laurel Highlands SHS Uniontown | 753 | 47.1% | 42.0% |
| Harbor Creek Senior High School Harborcreek | 692 | 42.8% | 66.4% |
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 Indiana Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Indiana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #68 of 576 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #88 of 626 ▲ 10 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #81 of 626 ▲ 12 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #205 of 713 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #532 of 601 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #357 of 604 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #409 of 619 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #115 of 221 | N/A |
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
913
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 786
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 913 | 53 | 17.2:1 | 45% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 54 | 16.8:1 | 45% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 905 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 40% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 899 | 53 | 17.0:1 | 36% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 58.1 | 14.7:1 | 33% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 59 | 14.2:1 | 39% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 59 | 11.2:1 | 25% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 895 | 65 | 13.8:1 | 15% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 786 | 61 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indiana Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (851 to 913); teachers down 9% (58.1 to 53).
About Indiana Area SHS
Indiana Area SHS is a medium-sized high school based in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 913 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 24% higher.
Across its 6 schools, Indiana Area SD enrolls 2,803 students. Indiana Area SHS is one of those schools.
Most students at Indiana Area SHS are White: 88% of enrollment. Other groups include 5% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, Indiana Area SHS comes in at 23%.
Staffing totals 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.2:1. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 45%. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Indiana County.
Indiana Area SHS is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Indiana Area SHS, the prediction is 58.5% and the result is 70.0%.
Within Indiana County, median household income is about $60,208, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Indiana County number 22 and enroll about 8,470.
The shortest distance from Indiana Area SHS to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Indiana Area Junior High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Indiana Area SHS ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Indiana Area SHS has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 899 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 913.
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Indiana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,042
Census ACS
Median income
$60,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,470 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indiana Area SD
- Indiana Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- East Pike Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Ben Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 213 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 190 students
Other schools in Indiana
- Indiana Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- East Pike Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Ben Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 213 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 190 students
- Indiana County Technology CenterHigh · 14 students
Nearby schools
- Indiana Area Junior High School0.4 mi · 628
- Horace Mann Elementary School0.8 mi · 190
- Eisenhower Elementary School1.4 mi · 213
- East Pike Elementary School1.5 mi · 445
- Indiana County Technology Center1.7 mi · 14
- Ben Franklin Elementary School2.4 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Indiana Area SHSHow large is Indiana Area SHS?
Indiana Area SHS enrolls approximately 913 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Indiana Area SHS serve?
Indiana Area SHS serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Indiana Area SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Indiana Area SHS is approximately 17.2:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Indiana Area SHS?
Student demographics at Indiana Area SHS are roughly 88% White, 1% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Indiana Area SHS in?
Indiana Area SHS is part of Indiana Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.