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Bellefonte Area High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
830 E Bishop St
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Phone
(814) 355-4833
District
BELLEFONTE AREA SD
County
CENTRE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
894
Classroom Teachers
63

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.1% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Bellefonte Area High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

100 80 60 40 20 0
86%
47%
No Data
56%
86%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 247 27.6%
Grade 10 205 22.9%
Grade 11 208 23.3%
Grade 12 234 26.2%
Total 894 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.6% 95.5% 65.3%
Black 1.0% 0.9% 15.4%
Hispanic 2.1% 2.6% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 0.6% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 13.5% 19.5% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 11.3% 17.6% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 1.9% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 28,911 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 249.4 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 11.6% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.7% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.4% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 17.5% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,691 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 3.7% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.3% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.3% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.2% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.4% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.5% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.7% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.3% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.4% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 4.5% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,326 $25,003,006 47.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $687 $1,841,847 3.5%
Staff $429 $1,150,149 2.2%
General Administration $558 $1,495,998 2.9%
School Administration $799 $2,142,119 4.1%
Operation $2,805 $7,520,205 14.4%
Transportation $808 $2,166,248 4.1%
Other $569 $1,525,489 2.9%
Total Support $6,655 $17,842,055 34.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,490 $9,356,690 17.9%
Total Expenditures $19,471 $52,201,751 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%