State/Public High Open

Mount Union Area SHS

๐Ÿ“ 706 North Shaver Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, 17066

354
Pupils
12.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Mount Union Area SHS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Mount Union, Huntingdon County. The school has 354 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mount Union Area SD school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 37% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 1 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Mount Union Area SD

Enrollment & staffing

Mount Union Area SHS enrolls 354 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.

Male students
187 (53%)
Female students
167 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
28.3
Student-teacher ratio
12.5:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 5.4% Two or more races and 5.1% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White30185%
Two or more races195.4%
Black or African American185.1%
Hispanic or Latino154.2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

282 of the school's 354 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 282 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades 9โ€“12Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Mount Union Area SHS is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 30, state house district 81.

School district: Mount Union Area SD

Mount Union Area SHS is one of 4 schools in Mount Union Area SD, based in Mount Union, Pennsylvania. The district serves 1,112 students district-wide and employs 112 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 354 students, Mount Union Area SHS is larger than the district average of about 278 students per school.

1,112
District students
4
Schools
112
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

37%
Math proficient
97%
Graduation rate
19%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐ŸŽ“ AP courses (1) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment โญ Gifted program

Setting: Rural - Distant

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