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McDowell High School, Erie, PA

McDowell High School is a public high school in Erie, part of Millcreek Township SD. It enrolled 2,133 students in 2024-25, with 14.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "McDowell HS".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
2,133
Teachers (FTE)
148.0
Students per teacher
14.4
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 0.8 higher than the district figure of 13.6. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.4
District13.6
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
3580 West 38th St, Erie, PA 16506
Phone
(814)835-5403
District
Millcreek Township SD
County
Erie County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
421533007320
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
970
Reduced-price lunch
72
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,04248.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

High schools elsewhere in Erie

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.