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Enrollment
581
High
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER LAKES SD·NCES 420754000513
Deer Lakes High School
163 East Union Rd, Cheswick, PA 15024 · (724) 265-5320 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
202 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 152 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 138 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 161 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 130 | 22% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 Deer Lakes SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% | 48.2% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Deer Lakes High School
Deer Lakes High School's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lakes High School this school | 581 | 34.8% | 54.4% |
| Montoursville Area SHS Montoursville | 570 | 33.3% | 49.5% |
| Littlestown SHS Littlestown | 532 | 34.0% | 70.7% |
| Burrell High School Lower Burrell | 566 | 38.3% | 39.0% |
| Chartiers-Houston JSHS Houston | 539 | 36.7% | 55.1% |
| Knoch High School Saxonburg | 704 | 33.7% | 48.1% |
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 Deer Lakes High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #234 of 576 | #25 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #188 of 626 ▲ 2 | #20 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #183 of 626 ▼ 51 | #20 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #350 of 713 | #33 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #284 of 601 | #27 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #515 of 604 | #52 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #504 of 619 | #35 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #191 of 221 | #17 of 21 |
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
581
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 865
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 581 | 42.4 | 13.7:1 | 35% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 39.5 | 14.9:1 | 34% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 38.8 | 15.1:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 24% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 37.9 | 15.1:1 | 23% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 25% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 24% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 11% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 865 | 162 | 5.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Lakes High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (570 to 581); teachers up 12% (37.9 to 42.4).
About Deer Lakes High School
Deer Lakes High School is a high school in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, reachable at (724) 265-5320. The school enrolls 581 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 738, and this school is 21% below that mark.
Deer Lakes SD, which runs Deer Lakes High School, has 4 schools and 1,689 students.
White students are 95% of those enrolled at Deer Lakes High School. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Allegheny County's population at about 76%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
Based on 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Deer Lakes High School has a ratio of 13.7:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania, 12.8:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Deer Lakes High School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Deer Lakes High School is 8.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.4% versus 62.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Allegheny County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Deer Lakes High School shares Allegheny County with 276 other public schools.
The closest school to Deer Lakes High School is East Union Intrmd School, located about 0.4 miles away. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Deer Lakes High School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 54.4% against a local average of 68.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 581 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 604. The ratio was 16.8:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Deer Lakes High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deer Lakes SD
- Curtisville Pri CenterElementary · 390 students
- Deer Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- East Union Intrmd SchoolElementary · 335 students
Other schools in Cheswick
- Acmetonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Deer Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- East Union Intrmd SchoolElementary · 335 students
Nearby schools
- East Union Intrmd School0.4 mi · 335
- Deer Lakes Middle School0.5 mi · 383
- Curtisville Pri Center1.7 mi · 390
- Dorseyville Middle School3.5 mi · 981
- Hartwood Elementary School3.5 mi · 386
- Poff Elementary School4.7 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Lakes High SchoolHow many students attend Deer Lakes High School?
Deer Lakes High School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Deer Lakes High School serve?
Deer Lakes High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Deer Lakes High School have?
Deer Lakes High School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Deer Lakes High School?
Student demographics at Deer Lakes High School are roughly 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Deer Lakes High School?
Deer Lakes High School is overseen by Deer Lakes SD in Allegheny County.
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