Tussey Mountain HS

Tussey Mountain HS is one of the micro-enrollment 9-12 campuss in Saxton, Pennsylvania, run under Tussey Mountain SD, with 293 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 60% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Within Tussey Mountain SD, which oversees 3 schools and 915 students, Tussey Mountain HS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Tussey Mountain HS reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 2% multiracial. Compared to Bedford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Tussey Mountain HS has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Tussey Mountain HS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 105% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Bedford County's rate of about 65%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bedford County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $59,992 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Bedford County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,951 students), of which Tussey Mountain HS is one.

Tussey Mountain MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.