Karns City Jr/Sr HS

Set in Karns City, Pennsylvania, Karns City Jr/Sr HS is an average-sized high school, run under Karns City Area SD. It caters to 642 students across grades 7 through 12.

Karns City Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,465 students; Karns City Jr/Sr HS is among them.

On demographics, Karns City Jr/Sr HS lists that nearly all students (97%) are White; the rest comes out to 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Butler County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Karns City Jr/Sr HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.8%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -16.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Butler County put median household earnings sit near $89,843, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Karns City Jr/Sr HS is one of 39 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students).

Nearest neighbor: Karns City Area El Sch, around 2.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Karns City Jr/Sr HS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.2%.

Karns City Jr/Sr HS operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 688 students in 2018 compared to 642 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.