Windber Area MS

Windber Area MS is a compact intermediate school in Windber, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Windber Area SD. The school hosts 300 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

Windber Area MS is one of 3 schools operated by Windber Area SD, a district that serves 1,254 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Windber Area MS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Windber Area MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 50.4%.

In the area at large, Somerset County reports that median household income runs about $61,446, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Windber Area MS is one of 29 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students).

Windber Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Windber Area MS comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 66.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Windber Area MS's enrollment has expanded 14% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 300). The White share of enrollment contracted from 98% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Windber Area MS typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.