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Jeannette HS
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Jeannette HS
Jeannette HS operates as a compact senior high in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, part of Jeannette City SD. Current enrollment sits at 405 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 45% below typical.
Jeannette City SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 909 students. Jeannette HS is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Jeannette HS shows that White students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder reads as 21% multiracial, 14% Black, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.
On the resource side, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 88% of students at Jeannette HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Westmoreland County's rate of about 53%.
With demographic context factored in, Jeannette HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.2%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Westmoreland County put median household income runs about $74,109, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Westmoreland County's 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), Jeannette HS is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Jeannette McKee El Sch, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jeannette HS at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.7%.
Jeannette HS operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. Jeannette HS's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 405). The White share of enrollment fell from 67% to 60% over that span.
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