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Eden Hall Upper El Sch
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Eden Hall Upper El Sch
Eden Hall Upper El Sch, a large middle school in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, part of Pine-Richland SD, serves 1,076 students, covering grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Eden Hall Upper El Sch sits 81% above that benchmark.
Within Pine-Richland SD, which oversees 6 schools and 4,553 students, Eden Hall Upper El Sch is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Eden Hall Upper El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Eden Hall Upper El Sch reports 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 9% of students at Eden Hall Upper El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eden Hall Upper El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.6%, the actual is 77.8%, a residual of +4.2 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Allegheny County put median household earnings sit near $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Eden Hall Upper El Sch is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).
Nearest neighbor: Richland El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eden Hall Upper El Sch at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 70.6%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Eden Hall Upper El Sch's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,021 (now 1,076). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.
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