Homer-Center School District

The elementary accounts for 49% of the district's enrollment. The average grade size is 67.6 students. The student/teacher ratio is 15.8 students per teacher. 217 out of 473 students (46%) are eligible for discounted/free lunch. 137 are eligible for free lunch and 80 are eligible for a reduced-price lunch. Breakfast is free for all students. There are 257 (54.3%) males in the elementary and 216 (45.7%) females; 459 students (97%) are Caucasian/White, (2%) African American, and (1%) other.

Memorial Field, home of Homer-Center athletics.

Elementary-level athletics teams are operated by the HCAABC - a local non-profit organization. The HCAABC-sponsors football, baseball, softball and basketball teams are nicknamed the "Homer City Bears".

All Sports

• Fall sports: Soccer, football, cheerleading
• Winter sports: Boys' basketball, Girls' basketball
• Spring sports: Baseball, softball, Indoor Guard, Indoor Percussion

Students in grades 3-6 can participate in basketball, baseball, softball, and cheerleading. Soccer is offered in grades 2–6. Several football teams are typically fielded, divided by age groups. Indoor Colorguard and Percussion are available for students in grades 7-12.

• Band: Grades 4-6 7-12
• Chorus: Grades 5-6 7-12
• Art Club: Grade 6
• Breakfast Book Club: Grades 5-6
• Specials Helpers:
• Art Helpers: Grades 4-6

Parents who elected to home-school their children filed suit alleging that the defendant Pennsylvania school district in charge of administering and enforcing Pennsylvania's compulsory school attendance laws infringed upon their sincerely held religious beliefs that education is a “religion,” and that the state has no authority to regulate home education programs by religiously motivated homeschoolers. The parents alleged that the state homeschooling act ceded too much control over their children's religious education to the state in requiring them to submit an affidavit outlining their educational objectives to the defendants at the beginning of the school year and by requiring them to submit an additional log and portfolio containing samples of their children's work for discretionary administrative review and approval. In granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the federal district court held that the statute, either on its face or as applied, did not violate the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause or the Pennsylvania Religious Freedom Protection Act. The state's homeschooling requirements did not place a burden, let alone a substantial one, on the parents’ freedom to practice their religion. Any negligible impact on the free exercise of religion was outweighed by the state's compelling interest in crafting home education programs to satisfy compulsory education laws and ensure that children were receiving an adequate education.

This decision was immediately appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit where lawyers for Homer-Center School District presented oral arguments against the homeschooling families in November 2007.

Breezy Lane School is a rural, co-ed, private school that, although located in Homer City, it is not part of the Homer-Center School District. This school is also known as Daryl Martin.[4] It's average grade size is 5.6 students.