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Enrollment
735
High
DISTRICT 604 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLE VERNON AREA SD·NCES 420321004930
Belle Vernon Area High School
425 Crest Ave, Belle Vernon, PA 15012 · (724) 808-2500 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
732 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 191 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 180 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 180 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 184 | 25% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Belle Vernon Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.7% | 33.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belle Vernon Area High School
Belle Vernon Area High School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Vernon Area High School this school | 735 | 99.6% | 52.3% |
| Meadville Area SHS Meadville | 708 | 99.6% | 53.0% |
| James Buchanan High School Mercersburg | 721 | 97.9% | 47.3% |
| Towanda Area JSHS Towanda | 709 | 98.4% | 45.1% |
| Oil City SHS Oil City | 611 | 100.0% | 46.0% |
| Iroquois JSHS Erie | 560 | 97.9% | 47.6% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belle Vernon Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #269 of 576 | #8 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #378 of 626 ▼ 20 | #13 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #171 of 626 ▼ 7 | #6 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #258 of 713 | #9 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #341 of 604 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #123 of 619 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #272 of 373 | #10 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
735
-49 (-6%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 887
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 735 | N/A | N/A | 100% (732) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 43.5 | 17.2:1 | 100% (746) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 43.5 | 17.3:1 | 36% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 42 | 18.7:1 | 33% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 43.8 | 17.7:1 | 30% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 44 | 18.6:1 | 29% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 865 | 51 | 17.0:1 | 24% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 897 | 53 | 16.9:1 | 20% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 887 | 58 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belle Vernon Area High School.
About Belle Vernon Area High School
Belle Vernon Area High School is a medium-sized high school that serves part of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. It serves 735 students in grades 9 through 12.
The district, Belle Vernon Area SD, has 2,416 students enrolled across 4 schools.
Belle Vernon Area High School enrolls a student body that is 87% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By the diversity index, Belle Vernon Area High School comes in at 24%.
About 100% of students, or 732, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County is 47 points.
Belle Vernon Area High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Belle Vernon Area High School is a top-10% school in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.9% with an actual 52.3%.
Among Westmoreland County residents, median household income is about $74,109, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Belle Vernon Area High School is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County, which together enroll about 41,302 students.
The nearest other public school, Rostraver Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Belle Vernon Area High School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Belle Vernon Area High School is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
The number of students dropped from 784 to 735 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belle Vernon Area SD
- Rostraver Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Marion Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Belle Vernon Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
Other schools in Belle Vernon
- Rostraver Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Marion Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Belle Vernon Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Rostraver Elementary School0.2 mi · 660
- West Newton Elementary School3.3 mi · 181
- Monessen Middle School3.8 mi · 128
- Monessen SHS3.8 mi · 193
- Monessen El Center4.1 mi · 330
- Marion Elementary School4.4 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Belle Vernon Area High SchoolHow many students attend Belle Vernon Area High School?
Belle Vernon Area High School enrolls approximately 735 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Belle Vernon Area High School serve?
Belle Vernon Area High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student diversity at Belle Vernon Area High School?
Student demographics at Belle Vernon Area High School are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Belle Vernon Area High School public or private?
Belle Vernon Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belle Vernon Area SD.
What county does Belle Vernon Area High School serve?
Belle Vernon Area High School serves Westmoreland County in PA.
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