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How has Burrell HS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
566
High
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURRELL SD·NCES 420453004340
Burrell High School
1021 Puckety Church Rd, Lower Burrell, PA 15068 · (724) 334-1403 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
217 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 136 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 140 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 148 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 142 | 25% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Burrell SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +23.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 18.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Burrell High School
Burrell High School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrell High School this school | 566 | 38.3% | 39.0% |
| Chartiers-Houston JSHS Houston | 539 | 36.7% | 55.1% |
| Yough SHS Herminie | 592 | 41.2% | 42.9% |
| Hopewell SHS Aliquippa | 614 | 39.7% | 54.3% |
| Penns Valley Area JSHS Spring Mills | 632 | 39.9% | 58.1% |
| Central Cambria High School Ebensburg | 509 | 39.3% | 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 Burrell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #440 of 576 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #276 of 626 ▲ 226 | #8 of 18 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #365 of 626 ▲ 79 | #12 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #361 of 713 | #13 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #379 of 601 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #431 of 604 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.3% | #473 of 619 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #354 of 373 | #12 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
566
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 566 | 38.8 | 14.6:1 | 38% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 39.7 | 14.3:1 | 38% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 38.7 | 15.0:1 | 28% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 26% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 39.8 | 14.4:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 21% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 752 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 9% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 52 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burrell High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (572 to 566); teachers down 3% (39.8 to 38.8).
About Burrell High School
At 1021 Puckety Church Rd in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, Burrell High School operates as a small high school. Enrollment stands at 566 students, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 23% fewer students than the average for high schools in Pennsylvania (about 738).
District-wide, Burrell SD has 4 schools and 1,671 students.
Of every 100 students at Burrell High School, about 92 are White. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put Westmoreland County at about 92% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
For every teacher at Burrell High School, there are about 14.6 students; the school has 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 38%. It compares with 53% for public schools in Westmoreland County.
On the allk12 Grade, Burrell High School lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Burrell High School is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.0% is 22.1 points below the 61.2% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Westmoreland County, median household income comes to about $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westmoreland County counts 85 public schools with about 41,302 students.
Charles A Huston Middle School is about 0.3 miles from Burrell High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Burrell High School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 39.0% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 5 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% drop, from 591 to 566.
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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 Burrell SD
- Bon Air Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Charles A Huston Middle SchoolMiddle · 399 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Other schools in Lower Burrell
- Bon Air Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Charles A Huston Middle SchoolMiddle · 399 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Charles A Huston Middle School0.3 mi · 399
- Bon Air Elementary School0.5 mi · 447
- Stewart Elementary School1.5 mi · 259
- Highlands SHS2.8 mi · 665
- Martin School2.9 mi · 147
- Highlands Middle School2.9 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Burrell High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burrell High School?
Burrell High School enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 09-12.
Is Burrell High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burrell High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burrell High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burrell High School is approximately 14.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burrell High School?
At Burrell High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Burrell High School public or private?
Burrell High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burrell SD.
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