Sayre Area HS

As an intimate senior high in Sayre, Pennsylvania, Sayre Area HS teaches 396 students from grades 7 through 12, part of Sayre Area SD. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 738.

Across the 2 schools in Sayre Area SD (824 students total), Sayre Area HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sayre Area HS shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder is composed of 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Bradford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 101% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bradford County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sayre Area HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.3%; this one delivers 39.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bradford County) reports that median household earnings sit near $63,675, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bradford County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,392 students), Sayre Area HS is one campus in the mix.

Snyder El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sayre Area HS comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sayre Area HS has shrank 19%, going from 491 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 97% to 91%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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