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Enrollment
499
Middle
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER LATROBE SD·NCES 421098006957
Greater Latrobe Junior High School
130 High School Rd, Latrobe, PA 15650 · (724) 539-4265 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
167 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 266 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 47% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Greater Latrobe Junior High School→Greater Latrobe SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Greater Latrobe SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 69 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 48.8% |
% 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Greater Latrobe Junior High School
Greater Latrobe Junior High School's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Latrobe Junior High School this school | 499 | 33.5% | 61.8% |
| C E McCall Middle School Montoursville | 530 | 36.6% | 50.2% |
| Brandywine Heights Intrmd/MS Topton | 460 | 35.0% | 55.4% |
| Bellefonte Area Middle School Bellefonte | 591 | 36.0% | 51.1% |
| Knoch Middle School Saxonburg | 479 | 36.7% | 49.4% |
| Wendover Middle School Greensburg | 626 | 31.6% | 58.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Greater Latrobe Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #90 of 479 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #103 of 513 ▲ 16 | #5 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #76 of 513 ▲ 30 | #6 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #308 of 522 | #11 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #64 of 486 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #422 of 486 | #12 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.5% | #386 of 510 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #72 of 332 | #2 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
499
-97 (-16%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 918
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 2.5:1
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 | 499 | 45 | 11.1:1 | 33% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 43.7 | 11.2:1 | 34% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 46.7 | 11.9:1 | 41% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 238 | 2.5:1 | 36% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 41.5 | 14.7:1 | 32% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 979 | 59 | 16.6:1 | 29% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 976 | 62 | 15.7:1 | 25% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 1,063 | 66 | 16.1:1 | 24% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 918 | 64 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greater Latrobe Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (611 to 499); teachers up 9% (41.5 to 45).
About Greater Latrobe Junior High School
Greater Latrobe Junior High School is a small middle school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Latrobe. In all, 499 students attend the school in grades 7 through 8.
The district for Greater Latrobe Junior High School is Greater Latrobe SD, with 5 schools and 3,285 students.
By race and ethnicity, Greater Latrobe Junior High School is 92% White. Other groups include 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In Westmoreland County overall, the White share is about 92%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 16, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. The school has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 2.1 students per teacher. In all, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 20 points below the 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County.
Greater Latrobe Junior High School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
In Pennsylvania, Greater Latrobe Junior High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 61.8% actual against a predicted 63.3%.
Westmoreland County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westmoreland County's 85 public schools enroll about 41,302 students and include Greater Latrobe Junior High School.
Greater Latrobe SHS is the nearest public school to Greater Latrobe Junior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Greater Latrobe Junior High School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
A 16% decline took enrollment from 596 in 2020-21 to 499 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.1:1) than in 2020-21 (2.5:1).
This page is set up for the Greater Latrobe Junior High School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Greater Latrobe SD
- Greater Latrobe SHSHigh · 1,115 students
- Latrobe Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Baggaley Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
Other schools in Latrobe
- Greater Latrobe SHSHigh · 1,115 students
- Latrobe Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Baggaley Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Dr Robert Ketterer CS IncHigh · 127 students
- Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology CenterHigh · 6 students
Nearby schools
- Greater Latrobe SHS0.1 mi · 1,115
- Baggaley Elementary School1.2 mi · 510
- Latrobe Elementary School2.0 mi · 627
- Dr Robert Ketterer CS Inc2.1 mi · 127
- Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center2.3 mi · 6
- Mountain View Elementary School4.7 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Greater Latrobe Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Greater Latrobe Junior High School?
Greater Latrobe Junior High School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Greater Latrobe Junior High School serve?
Greater Latrobe Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greater Latrobe Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greater Latrobe Junior High School is approximately 11.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Greater Latrobe Junior High School?
Student demographics at Greater Latrobe Junior High School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Greater Latrobe Junior High School?
Greater Latrobe Junior High School is overseen by Greater Latrobe SD in Westmoreland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.