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Enrollment
1,228
High
DISTRICT 799 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMPFIELD AREA SD·NCES 421176004404
Hempfield Area SHS
4345 State Route 136, Greensburg, PA 15601 · (724) 834-9000 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 10–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,228 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
435 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 10 | 409 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 416 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 403 | 33% |
Student demographics
13%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hempfield Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.1% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 61.1% |
% 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
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Hempfield Area SHS
Hempfield Area SHS's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hempfield Area SHS this school | 1,228 | 35.4% | 66.6% |
| Greater Latrobe SHS Latrobe | 1,115 | 36.7% | 61.7% |
| Shaler Area High School Pittsburgh | 1,160 | 35.3% | 61.5% |
| Plum SHS Plum | 1,220 | 31.8% | 54.7% |
| North Pocono High School Covington Twp | 915 | 36.7% | 61.9% |
| Elizabethtown Area SHS Elizabethtown | 1,263 | 37.9% | 57.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Hempfield Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #91 of 576 | #4 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #94 of 626 ▼ 6 | #4 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #75 of 626 ▼ 11 | #4 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,228 | #123 of 713 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #543 of 601 | #15 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #475 of 604 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #496 of 619 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.4% | #14 of 373 | #1 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,228
-523 (-30%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 2,204
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,228 | 70.3 | 17.5:1 | 35% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 1,226 | 68.4 | 17.9:1 | 35% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 1,661 | 100.8 | 16.5:1 | 24% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 1,751 | 99 | 17.7:1 | 19% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 1,843 | 106.8 | 17.3:1 | 23% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 1,854 | 115 | 16.1:1 | 22% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 1,990 | 123 | 16.2:1 | 16% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 2,188 | 139 | 15.7:1 | 10% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 2,204 | 124 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hempfield Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (1,843 to 1,228); teachers down 34% (106.8 to 70.3).
About Hempfield Area SHS
Hempfield Area SHS, a high-enrollment high school, is located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. There are 1,228 students enrolled, covering grades 10 through 12. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 738, and this school is 66% larger than that mark.
Hempfield Area SHS is among 9 schools run by Hempfield Area SD, which serves 5,015 students.
Hempfield Area SHS is 93% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial. That is in line with Westmoreland County, where about 92% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
For every teacher at Hempfield Area SHS, there are about 17.5 students; the school has 70.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 35%. Across public schools in Westmoreland County, the average is 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hempfield Area SHS lands at A-, ahead of 83% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
In Pennsylvania, Hempfield Area SHS is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 66.6% actual against a predicted 62.4%.
The school is in Westmoreland County, where median household income comes to about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Westmoreland County's 85 public schools enroll about 41,302 students and include Hempfield Area SHS.
The closest school to Hempfield Area SHS is Harrold School, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Hempfield Area SHS ranks 2nd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 66.6% against a local average of 51.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,751 to 1,228, a 30% decline.
This page is set up for the Hempfield Area SHS community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 Hempfield Area SD
- Wendover Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- West Hempfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- West Hempfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Fort Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Maxwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
Other schools in Greensburg
- Greensburg-Salem High SchoolHigh · 784 students
- Wendover Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Greensburg-Salem Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Amos K Hutchinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Fort Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Harrold School0.2 mi · 369
- Fort Allen Elementary School0.5 mi · 480
- Jeannette High School2.4 mi · 405
- Jeannette McKee Elementary School2.6 mi · 504
- Amos K Hutchinson Elementary School2.8 mi · 521
- Greensburg-Salem Middle School3.4 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Hempfield Area SHSHow large is Hempfield Area SHS?
Hempfield Area SHS enrolls approximately 1,228 students in grades 10-12.
What grades does Hempfield Area SHS serve?
Hempfield Area SHS serves grades 10-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hempfield Area SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hempfield Area SHS is approximately 17.5:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hempfield Area SHS?
Student demographics at Hempfield Area SHS are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hempfield Area SHS public or private?
Hempfield Area SHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hempfield Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.