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The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"chronic_absenteeism_pct":6.6,"city":"State College","dual_enrollment":false,"enrollment":{"grades_9_12":2402,"year":2024},"enrollment_change_pct":2.1,"enrollment_change_span":[2021,2024],"faq":[{"a":"State College Area HS offers 24 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 86% of U.S. high schools (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).","q":"How many AP courses does State College Area HS offer?"},{"a":"State College Area HS's federal four-year graduation rate was about 96% in the latest EDFacts release.","q":"What is State College Area HS's graduation rate?"},{"a":"State College Area HS is a public high school in State College, PA, enrolling 2,402 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.","q":"How many students attend State College Area HS?"}],"federal_grad_rate_pct":96.0,"feeder_standing":null,"name":"State College Area HS","nces_id":"422277001364","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"sat_act_national_percentile":96.0,"sat_act_takers":663,"school_facts":[{"class_year":2025,"commended":25,"finalists":10,"kind":"national_merit","method":"sweep:judged","quote":"Commended - 25 Semi-Finalist - 10 Finalist - 10","retrieved":"2026-10-29","semifinalists":10,"source_name":"State College Area HS 2025-2026 school profile","source_url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1757375389/scasdorg/kufccxjoncql4hbphmh1/Profile2025aa.pdf","text":"State College Area HS had 25 National Merit Commended Students, 10 Semifinalists, and 10 Finalists in the Class of 2025, the seniors who graduated in June 2025 (State College Area HS 2025-2026 school profile).","where":"page 1"},{"class_year":2025,"kind":"college_bound","method":"sweep:judged","pct":78,"qualifier":"four-year","quote":"4 year colleges - 78%","retrieved":"2026-10-29","source_name":"State College Area HS 2025-2026 school profile","source_url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1757375389/scasdorg/kufccxjoncql4hbphmh1/Profile2025aa.pdf","text":"State College Area HS had 78% of the Class of 2025, the seniors who graduated in June 2025, headed to four-year colleges (State College Area HS 2025-2026 school profile).","where":"page 1"},{"class_year":2024,"commended":25,"finalists":12,"kind":"national_merit","method":"sweep:judged","quote":"Commended - 25 Semi-Finalist - 13 Finalist - 12","retrieved":"2026-10-29","semifinalists":13,"source_name":"State College Area HS 2024-2025 school profile","source_url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1757004265/scasdorg/fkln9wr58gb4kjlzlava/20242025profile.pdf","text":"State College Area HS had 25 National Merit Commended Students, 13 Semifinalists, and 12 Finalists in the Class of 2024, the seniors who graduated in June 2024 (State College Area HS 2024-2025 school profile).","where":"page 1"},{"class_year":2024,"kind":"college_bound","method":"sweep:judged","pct":77,"qualifier":"four-year","quote":"4 year colleges - 77%","retrieved":"2026-10-29","source_name":"State College Area HS 2024-2025 school profile","source_url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1757004265/scasdorg/fkln9wr58gb4kjlzlava/20242025profile.pdf","text":"State College Area HS had 77% of the Class of 2024, the seniors who graduated in June 2024, headed to four-year colleges (State College Area HS 2024-2025 school profile).","where":"page 1"}],"school_type":"Public","slug":"state-college-area-hs","state":"PA","state_measures":{},"students_per_counselor":267,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/school/state-college-area-hs"}