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Enrollment
708
High
DISTRICT 525 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAWFORD CENTRAL SD·NCES 420708001654
Meadville Area SHS
930 North St, Meadville, PA 16335 · (814) 336-1121 · Crawford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL708 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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
14.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
705 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 184 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 162 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 189 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 173 | 24% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 Crawford Central SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
35.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 33.1% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 18 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 Meadville Area SHS
Meadville Area SHS's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadville Area SHS this school | 708 | 99.6% | 53.0% |
| Belle Vernon Area High School Belle Vernon | 735 | 99.6% | 52.3% |
| James Buchanan High School Mercersburg | 721 | 97.9% | 47.3% |
| Iroquois JSHS Erie | 560 | 97.9% | 47.6% |
| Oil City SHS Oil City | 611 | 100.0% | 46.0% |
| Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center Connellsville | 592 | 98.8% | 22.3% |
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 Meadville Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #254 of 576 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #341 of 626 ▲ 25 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #297 of 626 ▲ 5 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 708 | #269 of 713 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #356 of 601 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #299 of 604 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #125 of 619 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #37 of 373 | #1 of 7 |
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
708
-85 (-11%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 708 | 49.3 | 14.4:1 | 100% (705) |
| 2023-24 | 751 | 48.2 | 15.6:1 | 100% (748) |
| 2022-23 | 765 | 48.9 | 15.7:1 | 86% (655) |
| 2020-21 | 793 | 53 | 15.0:1 | 41% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 914 | 55.6 | 16.4:1 | 37% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 838 | 55 | 15.2:1 | 47% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 960 | 66 | 14.6:1 | 37% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 1,169 | 68 | 17.2:1 | 25% (293) |
| 1990-91 | 869 | 61 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadville Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (914 to 708); teachers down 11% (55.6 to 49.3).
About Meadville Area SHS
Meadville Area SHS runs as a medium-sized high school in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Its 708 students are spread across grades 9 through 12.
In Crawford Central SD, 8 schools enroll a combined 2,993 students.
Meadville Area SHS enrolls a student body that is 82% White. It is also 9% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Crawford County is roughly 93% White. Meadville Area SHS has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 49.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Meadville Area SHS is 100%. That is 21 points above the 79% average for public schools in Crawford County.
The allk12 Grade for Meadville Area SHS is A-. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Meadville Area SHS is in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.0% is 18.1 points above the 34.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Crawford County show that median household income is about $60,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Meadville Area SHS is one of 26 public schools in Crawford County, which together enroll about 9,156 students.
The nearest public school is Meadville Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Meadville Area SHS ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Meadville Area SHS as Town: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 793 to 708.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,716
Census ACS
Median income
$60,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crawford Central SD
- Cochranton JSHSHigh · 341 students
- Meadville Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- First District Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Neason Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Second District Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Cochranton Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
Other schools in Meadville
- Meadville Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- First District Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Neason Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Second District Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- West End Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Crawford County Career and Technical CenterHigh · 16 students
Nearby schools
- Meadville Middle School0.0 mi · 340
- Crawford County Career and Technical Center0.1 mi · 16
- Neason Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 333
- First District Elementary School1.2 mi · 334
- Second District Elementary School1.3 mi · 316
- West End Elementary School5.5 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Meadville Area SHSHow many students attend Meadville Area SHS?
Meadville Area SHS enrolls approximately 708 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Meadville Area SHS serve?
Meadville Area SHS serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Meadville Area SHS have?
Meadville Area SHS employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meadville Area SHS?
At Meadville Area SHS, the student body is approximately 82% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Meadville Area SHS public or private?
Meadville Area SHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Crawford Central SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.