Mount Union Area SHS

As a close-knit secondary school in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, Mount Union Area SHS caters to 323 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Mount Union Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Mount Union Area SHS sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Mount Union Area SD (1,101 students total), Mount Union Area SHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Mount Union Area SHS logs that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Mount Union Area SHS has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Huntingdon County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mount Union Area SHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 30.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Huntingdon County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,557, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Huntingdon County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,454 students), Mount Union Area SHS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mount Union Area JHS, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Union Area SHS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 29%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 89% to 84%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Mount Union Area SHS typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.