Enrollment
125
High
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEATHERLY AREA SD·NCES 422514001327
Weatherly Area High School
601 6th St, Weatherly, PA 18255 · (570) 427-8521 · Carbon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL125 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
96 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 34 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 35 | 28% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Weatherly Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
37.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 33.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Weatherly Area High School
Weatherly Area High School's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherly Area High School this school | 125 | 76.8% | 52.7% |
| Oswayo Valley JSHS Shinglehouse | 140 | 74.3% | 52.2% |
| Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS Confluence | 114 | 68.4% | 25.3% |
| New Day CS Huntingdon | 139 | 64.7% | 5.3% |
| Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy Plains | 93 | 90.3% | 96.3% |
| Harmony Area JSHS Westover | 93 | 89.2% | 44.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Weatherly Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Carbon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #259 of 576 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #325 of 626 ▲ 39 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #284 of 626 ▲ 78 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 125 | #624 of 713 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #261 of 619 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.7% | #8 of 373 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
125
-46 (-27%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 205
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 125 | 16.6 | 7.5:1 | 77% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 155 | 17.1 | 9.1:1 | 62% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 14.3 | 11.1:1 | 57% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 171 | 14 | 12.2:1 | 50% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 13.5 | 15.1:1 | 44% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 192 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 49% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 14 | 17.6:1 | 35% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 27% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 205 | 18 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weatherly Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (204 to 125); teachers up 23% (13.5 to 16.6).
About Weatherly Area High School
Weatherly Area High School is a small high school with its address in Weatherly, Pennsylvania. The school had 125 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738, so this school runs 83% smaller than that.
Weatherly Area SD counts 3 schools and 588 students, including Weatherly Area High School.
The large majority of students at Weatherly Area High School, 85%, are White. Next come 12% Hispanic. Weatherly Area High School has a diversity index of 27%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Weatherly Area High School is 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 7.5:1. The average ratio among high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. About 77% of students, or 96, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 65% average among public schools in Carbon County.
allk12 grades Weatherly Area High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Weatherly Area High School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 52.7% actual against 44.7% predicted.
Carbon County has about 65,382 residents, and median household income is about $67,554, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 18 public schools in Carbon County, with a combined enrollment of about 8,111.
The school nearest to Weatherly Area High School is Weatherly Area Middle School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Weatherly Area High School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Federal data place Weatherly Area High School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 171 in 2020-21 and 125 in 2024-25, a 27% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (7.5:1) than in 2020-21 (12.2:1).
Community posts for Weatherly Area High School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Carbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,382
Census ACS
Median income
$67,554
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,111 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weatherly Area SD
- Weatherly Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Weatherly Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 172 students
Other schools in Weatherly
- Weatherly Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Weatherly Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Weatherly Area Middle School0.1 mi · 172
- Weatherly Area Elementary School0.1 mi · 291
- Panther Valley Elementary School5.0 mi · 556
- Carbon Career & Technical Institute6.0 mi · 375
- L B Morris Elementary School6.0 mi · 615
- Jim Thorpe Area High School6.4 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Weatherly Area High SchoolHow many students attend Weatherly Area High School?
Weatherly Area High School enrolls approximately 125 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Weatherly Area High School serve?
Weatherly Area High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Weatherly Area High School have?
Weatherly Area High School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Weatherly Area High School?
At Weatherly Area High School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Weatherly Area High School public or private?
Weatherly Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weatherly Area SD.
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