Burrell HS

Set in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, Burrell HS is an intimate senior high, run under Burrell SD. It educates 566 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Burrell HS sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Burrell SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,671 students. Burrell HS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Burrell HS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Westmoreland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Westmoreland County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Burrell HS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.2%; this one comes in at 39.0%, -22.1 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Westmoreland County) records that median household income runs about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Westmoreland County's 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), Burrell HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Charles A Huston MS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burrell HS. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Burrell HS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burrell HS has changed only slightly, going from 572 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.