Williamsport Area SHS

Set in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Williamsport Area SHS is a big 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Williamsport Area SD. It enrolls 1,462 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 98% bigger than the state mean of about 738.

Williamsport Area SHS is one of 7 schools operated by Williamsport Area SD, a district that hosts 4,731 students overall.

Demographically, Williamsport Area SHS lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 17% Black, 15% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Lycoming County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Williamsport Area SHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Williamsport Area SHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lycoming County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,917, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Lycoming County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), Williamsport Area SHS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Williamsport Area MS, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Williamsport Area SHS. On composite proficiency, Williamsport Area SHS comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

Williamsport Area SHS operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Williamsport Area SHS has stayed largely flat, going from 1,489 students in 2018 to 1,462 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 67% to 61%.

On the community side, the feed for Williamsport Area SHS typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.