Mount Carmel Area HS

Mount Carmel Area HS is a secondary school of intimate scale in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, overseen by Mount Carmel Area SD, works with 503 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 32% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Mount Carmel Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,552 students; Mount Carmel Area HS is among them.

Demographically, Mount Carmel Area HS lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Mount Carmel Area HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Northumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mount Carmel Area HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 38.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Northumberland County) shows that median household earnings sit near $60,583, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Northumberland County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,386 students), Mount Carmel Area HS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mount Carmel Area JHS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Carmel Area HS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mount Carmel Area HS has ticked up 15%, going from 437 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 79%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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