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What's something Philipsburg-Osceola Area HS does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
525
High
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA AREA SD·NCES 421902001560
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School
502 Philips St, Philipsburg, PA 16866 · (814) 342-1521 · Centre County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
235 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 136 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 151 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 122 | 23% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Philipsburg-Osceola Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 30.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School this school | 525 | 44.8% | 48.9% |
| Penn Cambria High School Cresson | 538 | 43.5% | 69.3% |
| Lenape Technical School Ford City | 586 | 45.6% | 43.3% |
| Wellsboro Area High School Wellsboro | 496 | 42.5% | 56.2% |
| Mount Pleasant Area High School Mount Pleasant | 597 | 44.7% | 52.8% |
| Riverside High School Ellwood City | 461 | 44.3% | 53.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #323 of 576 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #414 of 626 ▼ 23 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #329 of 626 ▼ 55 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #393 of 713 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #210 of 601 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.4% | #556 of 604 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.8% | #407 of 619 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #334 of 373 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
525
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 525 | 40.6 | 12.9:1 | 45% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 40.6 | 12.7:1 | 46% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 41 | 12.7:1 | 38% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 31% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 44 | 12.2:1 | 40% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 45 | 11.9:1 | 51% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 38% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 52 | 13.2:1 | 22% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 38 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (536 to 525); teachers down 8% (44 to 40.6).
About Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School is a small high school based in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 525 students in 2024-25. The school is 29% below the average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Philipsburg-Osceola Area SD is the district for Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School. It has 4 schools and 1,591 students.
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School is 96% White by enrollment. That compares with about 84% White among all Centre County residents. The diversity index for Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 40.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.9:1. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. The average for public schools in Centre County is 31%.
On the allk12 Grade, Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 58.4%. Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School scores 48.9%.
The school's county is Centre County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,291 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School shares Centre County with 32 other public schools.
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School is about 0.9 miles from Philipsburg Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School's average proficiency of 48.9% compares with 53.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
The school's enrollment rose 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Philipsburg-Osceola Area SD
- Philipsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Osceola Mills Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
Other schools in Philipsburg
- Philipsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Philipsburg Elementary School0.9 mi · 423
- Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School1.4 mi · 372
- Osceola Mills Elementary School4.3 mi · 271
- West Branch Area Elementary School6.0 mi · 374
- West Branch Middle School6.1 mi · 191
- West Branch Area High School6.1 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Philipsburg-Osceola Area High SchoolHow large is Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School?
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School serve?
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School have?
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School?
Student demographics at Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School in?
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School is part of Philipsburg-Osceola Area SD.
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