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Tyrone Area HS
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Tyrone Area HS
Tyrone Area HS is one of the small 9-12 campuss in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, operated by Tyrone Area SD, with 503 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 32% below typical.
Tyrone Area HS is one of 3 schools operated by Tyrone Area SD, a district that works with 1,674 students overall.
On demographics, Tyrone Area HS logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. That composition is broadly in line with Blair County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Tyrone Area HS has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Blair County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Tyrone Area HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Blair County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,382 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Tyrone Area HS is one of 33 public schools in Blair County (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students).
Nearest neighbor: Tyrone Area MS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tyrone Area HS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tyrone Area HS has ticked down 9%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
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