Enrollment
282
High
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANE AREA SD·NCES 421266005245
Kane Area High School
6965 Route 321, Kane, PA 16735 · (814) 837-6821 · McKean County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
279 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 7 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 73 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 62 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 65 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 81 | 29% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 Kane Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +17.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 17 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.4% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 48.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Kane Area High School
Kane Area High School's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kane Area High School this school | 282 | 98.9% | 57.0% |
| West Branch Area High School Morrisdale | 269 | 98.9% | 56.1% |
| Coudersport Area JSHS Coudersport | 244 | 98.8% | 51.9% |
| Union City High School Union City | 304 | 96.4% | 46.7% |
| Apollo-Ridge High School Spring Church | 327 | 98.2% | 54.8% |
| Carmichaels Area High School Carmichaels | 293 | 96.6% | 41.6% |
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 Kane Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In McKean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #203 of 576 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #74 of 626 ▲ 113 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #240 of 626 ▲ 22 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #562 of 713 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #59 of 601 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #513 of 604 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #146 of 619 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #29 of 373 | 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
282
-97 (-26%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 282 | 25.7 | 11.0:1 | 99% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 31 | 9.7:1 | 99% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 28.6 | 11.5:1 | 49% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 40% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 26.9 | 14.0:1 | 45% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 31 | 12.1:1 | 50% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 30% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 17% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 33 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kane Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (376 to 282); teachers down 4% (26.9 to 25.7).
About Kane Area High School
Kane Area High School is a small high school located in Kane, Pennsylvania. It enrolled 282 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students each.
A total of 3 schools make up Kane Area SD, with 905 students enrolled.
About 95% of the student body at Kane Area High School is White. Other reported shares: 2% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share in McKean County as a whole is similar, at about 93%. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Kane Area High School employs 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Kane Area High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 99%. For comparison, public schools in McKean County average 90%.
The allk12 Grade for Kane Area High School is A-. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 35.2% for Kane Area High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 57.0%. The 21.9-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census estimates describe McKean County this way: the median household income is $62,905, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, McKean County has 14 public schools and roughly 5,275 students.
Nearby, Kane Area Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Kane Area High School's average proficiency of 57.0% compares with 51.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment at Kane Area High School dropped 26% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 379 to 282 students.
Discussions about Kane Area High School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
McKean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,904
Census ACS
Median income
$62,905
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,275 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kane Area SD
- Kane Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Kane Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 218 students
Other schools in Kane
- Kane Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Kane Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Kane Area Elementary School0.7 mi · 405
- Kane Area Middle School0.7 mi · 218
- Johnsonburg Area Elementary School11.4 mi · 272
- Johnsonburg Area High School11.9 mi · 241
- Sheffield Area Elementary School13.3 mi · 198
- Sheffield Area MS/HS13.3 mi · 211
Frequently asked questions
About Kane Area High SchoolHow large is Kane Area High School?
Kane Area High School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 09-12.
Is Kane Area High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kane Area High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Kane Area High School have?
Kane Area High School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is Kane Area High School?
Kane Area High School reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Kane Area High School?
Kane Area High School is overseen by Kane Area SD in McKean County.
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