West Branch Area HS

West Branch Area HS is a 9-12 campus of minimally staffed scale in Morrisdale, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within West Branch Area SD, serveing 269 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 64% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

West Branch Area HS is one of 3 schools operated by West Branch Area SD, a district that instructs 834 students overall.

Demographically, West Branch Area HS logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. Other groups include 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clearfield County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Branch Area HS sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.2%; actual is 56.1%, +20.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Clearfield County put median household earnings sit near $62,152, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Branch Area HS is one of 19 public schools in Clearfield County (combined enrollment of about 8,409 students).

West Branch MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West Branch Area HS comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Branch Area HS has ticked down 45%, going from 489 students in 2018 to 269 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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