H W Good El Sch

H W Good El Sch is an elementary school of cozy scale in Herminie, Pennsylvania, part of Yough SD, serveing 270 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 39% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Yough SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,818 students; H W Good El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, H W Good El Sch logs that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, H W Good El Sch has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% 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), H W Good El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.1%; this one delivers 65.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Westmoreland County reports that median household income runs about $74,109, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. H W Good El Sch is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students).

Nearest neighbor: Yough SHS, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, H W Good El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. H W Good El Sch's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 270).

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