Greensburg-Salem HS

Greensburg-Salem HS is a 9-12 campus of medium-sized scale in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, operated by Greensburg Salem SD, hosting 784 students in grades 9 through 12.

Greensburg-Salem HS is one of 5 schools operated by Greensburg Salem SD, a district that enrolls 2,425 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Greensburg-Salem HS logs that 80% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Greensburg-Salem HS has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westmoreland County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Greensburg-Salem HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.6%; this one delivers 47.9%.

In the surrounding community, Westmoreland County reports that median household income runs about $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Greensburg-Salem HS is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nicely El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Greensburg-Salem HS comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 789 students in 2018 compared to 784 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 80% across the same window.

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