Best Public Schools in Homer City, PA

Summary:

The city of Homer City, Pennsylvania is home to two schools - Homer-Center Junior/Senior High School and Homer-Center Elementary School, which serve a total of 773 students in the Homer-Center School District. The data reveals that the junior/senior high school is a standout performer, consistently ranking among the top 30% of Pennsylvania high schools and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. In contrast, the elementary school has a relatively lower statewide ranking, though it still performs well on PSSA Math assessments.

Homer-Center Junior/Senior High School boasts strong academic performance, with 65.4% proficiency in ELA and 44% proficiency in Math for all grades in 2024-2025. The school also has a high graduation rate of 87.9% and a low dropout rate of 1.4% in 2023-2024, outperforming the state and district averages on Keystone Exams in Algebra I, Biology, and Literature. Meanwhile, Homer-Center Elementary School performs well on PSSA Math assessments, with 53.1% proficiency for all grades in 2024-2025, exceeding the state average, but struggles with PSSA ELA assessments, with only 42.2% proficiency for all grades in 2024-2025, falling below the state and district averages.

The data also reveals differences in socioeconomic factors and resource allocation between the two schools. Homer-Center Junior/Senior High School has a 48.89% free and reduced lunch rate, while Homer-Center Elementary School has a higher rate of 64.95%. Additionally, spending per student is higher at the high school ($20,807) compared to the elementary school ($18,681), which may indicate a need to examine resource allocation and ensure equitable distribution across grade levels.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2025)	Keystone Exams Biology (2025)	Keystone Exams Literature (2025)	PSSA Math (2025)							PSSA English Language Arts (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Homer-Center Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	70 Wildcat Ln	Homer City	15748	Indiana County	Homer-Center School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 479-8026	392	32	12.3	50.5%	372 (94.9%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	72.4	188^th of 681 public high schools	72.4%		63.3	259^th of 686 public high schools	62.2%	71	56.4	57.0	70.4					26.1	59.3	44.0					58.7	70.9	65.4	$20,072	$823	$19,249
Homer-Center Elementary School	Public	K-6	45 Wildcat Ln	Homer City	15748	Indiana County	Homer-Center School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 479-9077	378	34	11.2	63.2%	358 (94.7%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	53.5	769^th of 1511 public elementary schools	49.1%		54.9	793^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	48.0%	24				55.7	55.1	57.1	42.2			53.1	48.1	39.6	33.9	48.9			42.2	$21,076	$1,767	$19,308

Cities Near Homer City

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Blairsville	6.01 mi	3	438^th
Indiana	6.53 mi	7	125^th
Armagh	7.42 mi	2	204^th
New Florence	11.94 mi	1	567^th
Home	12.73 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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