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If you could change one rule at Blackhawk HS, what would it be?
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Enrollment
763
High
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLACKHAWK SD·NCES 420368806707
Blackhawk High School
500 Blackhawk Rd, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 · (724) 846-9600 · Beaver County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL763 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
256 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 168 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 185 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 191 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 219 | 29% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Blackhawk SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
53.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 53.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 46.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 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 Blackhawk High School
Blackhawk High School's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhawk High School this school | 763 | 33.6% | 60.1% |
| Knoch High School Saxonburg | 704 | 33.7% | 48.1% |
| Bellefonte Area High School Bellefonte | 850 | 30.2% | 56.0% |
| Lake-Lehman JSHS Lehman | 745 | 37.4% | 50.0% |
| Elizabeth Forward SHS Elizabeth | 763 | 38.0% | 59.4% |
| Deer Lakes High School Cheswick | 581 | 34.8% | 54.4% |
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 Blackhawk High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #168 of 576 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #172 of 626 ▲ 39 | #5 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #271 of 626 ▼ 118 | #8 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 763 | #243 of 713 | #1 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #431 of 601 | #11 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.0% | #473 of 604 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #511 of 619 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #210 of 221 | N/A |
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
763
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,097
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 763 | 49.9 | 15.3:1 | 34% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 50.7 | 15.1:1 | 33% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 762 | 52.5 | 14.5:1 | 30% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 25% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 51.6 | 14.7:1 | 24% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 23% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 1,017 | 72 | 14.1:1 | 23% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 1,196 | 71 | 16.9:1 | 10% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 1,097 | 71 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackhawk High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (757 to 763); teachers down 3% (51.6 to 49.9).
About Blackhawk High School
Located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Blackhawk High School is a medium-sized high school. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 763 students.
The district for Blackhawk High School is Blackhawk SD, with 4 schools and 2,310 students.
Federal enrollment data show Blackhawk High School is 93% White. Other groups make up 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 49.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.3:1. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 15.3:1 here. Around 34% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 55% average for public schools in Beaver County.
On BeatsExpectations, Blackhawk High School is 3.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Beaver County show that the median household income is $71,089, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Blackhawk High School, Beaver County has 51 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Blackhawk Intermediate School, is about 1.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.6%; Blackhawk High School's is 60.1%, ranking 3rd of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Blackhawk High School had 736 students, to 2024-25, when it had 763. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.3:1, from 14.2:1.
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Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blackhawk SD
- Blackhawk Intermediate SchoolElementary · 708 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 698 students
- Patterson Primary SchoolElementary · 141 students
Other schools in Beaver Falls
- Blackhawk Intermediate SchoolElementary · 708 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 698 students
- Beaver Falls Area SHSHigh · 486 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Beaver Falls Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
- Patterson Primary SchoolElementary · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Blackhawk Intermediate School1.4 mi · 708
- Highland Middle School1.6 mi · 698
- Big Beaver Elementary School3.4 mi · 301
- Patterson Primary School3.7 mi · 141
- Beaver Falls Area SHS4.2 mi · 486
- Central Elementary School4.3 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Blackhawk High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blackhawk High School?
Blackhawk High School enrolls approximately 763 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Blackhawk High School serve?
Blackhawk High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Blackhawk High School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Blackhawk High School.
How diverse is Blackhawk High School?
Blackhawk High School reports a student body of 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Blackhawk High School?
Blackhawk High School is overseen by Blackhawk SD in Beaver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.