Wellsboro Area HS

Wellsboro Area HS is a high school of compact scale in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, overseen by Wellsboro Area SD, hosting 496 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 33% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Wellsboro Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,372 students; Wellsboro Area HS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Wellsboro Area HS lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial. Compared to Tioga County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Tioga County's rate of about 73%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wellsboro Area HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.4%; this one delivers 56.2%.

In the surrounding community, Tioga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,899 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tioga County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,053 students), Wellsboro Area HS is one campus in the mix.

Rock L Butler MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Wellsboro Area HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wellsboro Area HS at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

Wellsboro Area HS operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 502 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025.

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