Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER LAKES SD·NCES 420754006695
East Union Intrmd School
57 East Union Road, Cheswick, PA 15024 · (724) 265-5330 · Allegheny County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
155 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 114 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 32% |
Student demographics
15%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
Students here typically continue to
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
51.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 47.1% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 East Union Intrmd School
East Union Intrmd School's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Union Intrmd School this school | 335 | 46.3% | 54.8% |
| Kiski Area South Primary School Export | 308 | 45.1% | 69.1% |
| Ringgold Elementary School North Finleyville | 344 | 43.0% | 62.9% |
| Southside Elementary School Huntingdon | 347 | 48.1% | 47.2% |
| Fairfield Area Elementary School Fairfield | 346 | 43.1% | 63.3% |
| Wilmington Area Elementary School New Wilmington | 357 | 43.7% | 62.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 East Union Intrmd School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #738 of 1,396 | #76 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #718 of 1,511 ▲ 107 | #75 of 141 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #707 of 1,511 ▲ 130 | #76 of 141 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #1,120 of 1,638 | #92 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #269 of 1,528 | #29 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #1,294 of 1,531 | #137 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.3% | #1,056 of 1,600 | #86 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #169 of 1,045 | #11 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
335
-81 (-19%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 238
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 335 | 29.6 | 11.3:1 | 46% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 28.9 | 12.2:1 | 44% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 30.8 | 12.2:1 | 49% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 39% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 26.3 | 17.1:1 | 35% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 20% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 238 | 15 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Union Intrmd School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (449 to 335); teachers up 12% (26.3 to 29.6).
About East Union Intrmd School
East Union Intrmd School is a small elementary school in Cheswick, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 335 students, from grades 3 through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 24% smaller than that.
The 4 schools of Deer Lakes SD, including East Union Intrmd School, enroll 1,689 students.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at East Union Intrmd School. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Allegheny County is about 76% White. East Union Intrmd School's diversity index is 15%, against a US figure of 70%.
East Union Intrmd School employs 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.3:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 46% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Allegheny County averages 54%, higher than here.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, East Union Intrmd School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, East Union Intrmd School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 54.8% actual against 57.8% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Allegheny County show that the median household income is $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. East Union Intrmd School is one of 277 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Deer Lakes Middle School, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, East Union Intrmd School ranks 6th on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, East Union Intrmd School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 19% from its 2020-21 level of 416. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 11.3:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Deer Lakes High SchoolHigh · 581 students
- Curtisville Pri CenterElementary · 390 students
- Deer Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
Other schools in Cheswick
- Deer Lakes High SchoolHigh · 581 students
- Acmetonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Deer Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Deer Lakes Middle School0.2 mi · 383
- Deer Lakes High School0.4 mi · 581
- Curtisville Pri Center1.7 mi · 390
- Dorseyville Middle School3.4 mi · 981
- Hartwood Elementary School3.5 mi · 386
- Poff Elementary School4.4 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About East Union Intrmd SchoolHow many students attend East Union Intrmd School?
East Union Intrmd School enrolls approximately 335 students in grades 03-05.
Is East Union Intrmd School an elementary, middle, or high school?
East Union Intrmd School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at East Union Intrmd School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at East Union Intrmd School is approximately 11.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at East Union Intrmd School?
Student demographics at East Union Intrmd School are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is East Union Intrmd School in?
East Union Intrmd School is part of Deer Lakes SD.
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