It includes the following census-designated places: Continental Courts, Hublersburg, Jacksonville, Mingoville, Nittany, Peru, Pleasant Gap, Snyderville, and Zion.

[3] In 2011, several energy companies worked together to install a photovoltaic solar array on the roof of Bellefonte Area High School.

Anna Keichline, Pennsylvania's first female architect, graduated from Bellefonte High School in 1906.

Pennsylvania's 21st governor, Daniel H. Hastings, served as principal of the school in the late 1860s.

Jeremy Rose was a top wrestler at Bellefonte High before he went on to be a horse jockey.