Fort Allen El Sch

Fort Allen El Sch, a mid-sized elementary campus in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, run under Hempfield Area SD, instructs 480 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Hempfield Area SD (5,015 students total), Fort Allen El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Fort Allen El Sch logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder reads as 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fort Allen El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.4%, the actual is 65.4%, a residual of +8.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Westmoreland County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,109 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Fort Allen El Sch is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students).

The closest other public school is Harrold School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fort Allen El Sch at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Allen El Sch has ticked down 6%, going from 511 students in 2018 to 480 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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