Uniontown Area SHS

Uniontown Area SHS operates as a mid-sized 9-12 campus in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, operated by Uniontown Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 716 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Uniontown Area SHS is one of 9 schools operated by Uniontown Area SD, a district that hosts 2,485 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Uniontown Area SHS shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 14% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Fayette County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Uniontown Area SHS shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Uniontown Area SHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 45.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Fayette County shows median household earnings sit near $58,236, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Fayette County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,340 students), of which Uniontown Area SHS is one.

Ben Franklin Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Uniontown Area SHS at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 39.4%.

Uniontown Area SHS operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Uniontown Area SHS's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 777 (now 716). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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