Sharpsville Area SHS

Sharpsville Area SHS, a compact secondary school in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Sharpsville Area SD, teaches 326 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 56% leaner than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Sharpsville Area SD (989 students total), Sharpsville Area SHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Sharpsville Area SHS shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Sharpsville Area SHS lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Sharpsville Area SHS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Mercer County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, Sharpsville Area SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 50.7%, a residual of -6.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Mercer County) shows that median household earnings sit near $59,976, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mercer County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,815 students), Sharpsville Area SHS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sharpsville Area MS, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sharpsville Area SHS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sharpsville Area SHS has decreased 17%, going from 392 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.