📍 8 Lynch Blvd, Oil City, Venango County, 16301
Oil City Area MS is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Oil City, Venango County. The school has 582 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Oil City Area SD school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Oil City Area MS enrolls 582 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% White, 2.4% Black or African American and 1.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 547 | 94% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
582 of the school's 582 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 582 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.
Oil City Area MS is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 21, state house district 64.
Oil City Area MS is one of 5 schools in Oil City Area SD, based in Oil City, Pennsylvania. The district serves 1,932 students district-wide and employs 145 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 582 students, Oil City Area MS is larger than the district average of about 386 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote