Meyersdale Area HS

Located at 1349 Shaw Mines Rd, in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, Meyersdale Area HS is an one-room-style high school that instructs 246 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Meyersdale Area SD. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 67% leaner than typical.

Meyersdale Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 747 students; Meyersdale Area HS is among them.

On demographics, Meyersdale Area HS logs that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Meyersdale Area HS reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Meyersdale Area HS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Meyersdale Area HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Somerset County indicate median household income runs about $61,446, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Meyersdale Area HS is one of 29 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students).

Meyersdale Area El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Meyersdale Area HS comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 287 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Meyersdale Area HS typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.