Oil City Area MS

Oil City Area MS is a 6-8 campus of mid-tier scale in Oil City, Pennsylvania, run under Oil City Area SD, serveing 528 students in grades 5 through 8.

Oil City Area MS is one of 5 schools operated by Oil City Area SD, a district that instructs 1,794 students overall.

Demographically, Oil City Area MS shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Venango County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Oil City Area MS has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 107% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Venango County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Venango County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,522 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Venango County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students), Oil City Area MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oil City SHS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Oil City Area MS.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 593 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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