Sharpsville Area MS

Sharpsville Area MS is an intermediate school of rural-scale scale in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, operated by Sharpsville Area SD, teacheing 217 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Sharpsville Area MS sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Sharpsville Area SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 989 students. Sharpsville Area MS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sharpsville Area MS records that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sharpsville Area MS reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Sharpsville Area MS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mercer County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sharpsville Area MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Mercer County shows median household earnings sit near $59,976, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Sharpsville Area MS is one of 37 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 12,815 students).

Sharpsville Area SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sharpsville Area MS comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sharpsville Area MS has decreased 31%, going from 313 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 94% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Sharpsville Area MS community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.