Tyrone Area MS

Located at 1001 Clay Ave, in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, Tyrone Area MS is a compact middle school that educates 489 students (grades 5 through 8), operated by Tyrone Area SD.

Within Tyrone Area SD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,674 students, Tyrone Area MS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tyrone Area MS lists that nearly all students (97%) are White.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Blair County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tyrone Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 43.9%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Blair County put median household earnings sit near $62,382, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tyrone Area MS is one of 33 public schools in Blair County (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students).

Tyrone Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Tyrone Area MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tyrone Area MS at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tyrone Area MS has contracted 9%, going from 538 students in 2018 to 489 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Tyrone Area MS typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.