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Aliquippa El Sch
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Aliquippa El Sch
As an average-sized elementary campus in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Aliquippa El Sch works with 480 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Aliquippa SD.
Across the 2 schools in Aliquippa SD (973 students total), Aliquippa El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Aliquippa El Sch lists that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 1% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Beaver County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Aliquippa El Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 77.3%; this one comes in at 12.1%, -65.2 points off the demographic line.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Beaver County) records that median household income runs about $71,089, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Aliquippa El Sch is one of 52 public schools in Beaver County (combined enrollment of about 31,222 students).
Aliquippa JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Aliquippa El Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.8%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 596 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 18% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.
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