Mercer Area SHS

Mercer Area SHS is one of the one-room-style secondary schools in Mercer, Pennsylvania, part of Mercer Area SD, with 282 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Mercer Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 985 students; Mercer Area SHS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Mercer Area SHS records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 110% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Mercer County's rate of about 71%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,976 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Mercer County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,815 students), Mercer Area SHS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mercer Area MS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Mercer Area SHS.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mercer Area SHS has fell 22%, going from 360 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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