Blackhawk Intermediate Sch

Set in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Blackhawk Intermediate Sch is a substantial elementary school, run under Blackhawk SD. It caters to 708 students across grades K through 4. That puts it 60% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Blackhawk SD, which oversees 4 schools and 2,310 students, Blackhawk Intermediate Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Blackhawk Intermediate Sch records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Blackhawk Intermediate Sch has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Beaver County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Blackhawk Intermediate Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.3%, the actual is 67.0%, a residual of +6.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Beaver County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,089 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Beaver County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,222 students), Blackhawk Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Highland MS, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blackhawk Intermediate Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blackhawk Intermediate Sch at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Blackhawk Intermediate Sch community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.