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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

19 public middle schools in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Greensburg-Salem MS leads the list at 105%, against a median of 46.6% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

105%

Median % FRL

46.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Greensburg-Salem MS	Greensburg, PA	Greensburg Salem SD	Middle	568	105%
2	Derry Area MS	Derry, PA	Derry Area SD	Middle	440	95.7%
3	Monessen MS	Monessen, PA	Monessen City SD	Middle	128	93.0%
4	Kiski Area Upper El Sch	Apollo, PA	Kiski Area SD	Middle	502	84.9%
5	Kiski Area IHS	Vandergrift, PA	Kiski Area SD	Middle	518	78.8%
6	Southmoreland MS	Scottdale, PA	Southmoreland SD	Middle	410	61.0%
7	Yough Intrmd/MS Sch	Ruffsdale, PA	Yough SD	Middle	541	51.4%
8	Ramsay El Sch	Mount Pleasant, PA	Mount Pleasant Area SD	Middle	396	50.0%
9	West Hempfield MS	Irwin, PA	Hempfield Area SD	Middle	546	47.1%
10	Ligonier Valley MS	Ligonier, PA	Ligonier Valley SD	Middle	268	46.6%
11	Mount Pleasant Area JHS	Mount Pleasant, PA	Mount Pleasant Area SD	Middle	290	42.8%
12	Charles A Huston MS	Lower Burrell, PA	Burrell SD	Middle	399	42.6%
13	Greater Latrobe JHS	Latrobe, PA	Greater Latrobe SD	Middle	499	33.5%
14	Wendover MS	Greensburg, PA	Hempfield Area SD	Middle	626	31.6%
15	Hillcrest Intermediate Sch	North Huntingdon, PA	Norwin SD	Middle	755	27.8%
16	Norwin MS	North Huntingdon, PA	Norwin SD	Middle	819	27.7%
17	Penn MS	Jeannette, PA	Penn-Trafford SD	Middle	518	24.7%
18	Trafford MS	Trafford, PA	Penn-Trafford SD	Middle	354	24.0%
19	Franklin Regional MS	Murrysville, PA	Franklin Regional SD	Middle	771	18.8%

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