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Enrollment
405
High
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEANNETTE CITY SD·NCES 421233007617
Jeannette High School
800 Florida Ave, Jeannette, PA 15644 · (724) 523-5591 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
358 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 7 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 60 | 15% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Jeannette City SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -20.0pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.1pp since 2023
What 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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 26.1% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Jeannette High School
Jeannette High School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeannette High School this school | 405 | 88.4% | 34.2% |
| Northgate MSHS Pittsburgh | 476 | 95.8% | 33.6% |
| Brownsville Area High School Brownsville | 457 | 93.0% | 33.5% |
| New Brighton Area High School New Brighton | 382 | 98.2% | 45.4% |
| Beaver Falls Area SHS Beaver Falls | 486 | 98.8% | 37.4% |
| Lawrence County Career and Technical Center New Castle | 418 | 94.0% | 31.8% |
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 Jeannette High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #468 of 576 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #496 of 626 ▼ 64 | #14 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #539 of 626 ▼ 133 | #16 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #484 of 713 | #16 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #204 of 601 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #108 of 604 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #250 of 619 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #318 of 373 | #11 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
405
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 405 | 31.5 | 12.9:1 | 88% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 32.2 | 12.8:1 | 87% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 31.2 | 13.5:1 | 85% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 89% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 31.2 | 13.4:1 | 91% (382) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jeannette High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (419 to 405); teachers up 1% (31.2 to 31.5).
About Jeannette High School
At 800 Florida Ave in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, Jeannette High School operates as a low-enrollment high school. Enrollment is 405 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 12. Against the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 45% lower.
The district, Jeannette City SD, has 909 students enrolled across 2 schools.
Roughly 60% of students at Jeannette High School are White. Other groups make up 21% multiracial, 14% Black, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 92% of Westmoreland County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 31.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.9:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Jeannette High School is 88%. On average, public schools in Westmoreland County report 53%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Jeannette High School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Jeannette High School is 39.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.2%.
Westmoreland County has about 352,500 residents, and the median household income is $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Jeannette High School, Westmoreland County has 84 other public schools.
The closest public school to Jeannette High School is Jeannette McKee Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Jeannette High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Jeannette High School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 22 students since 2020-21, to 405. By 2024-25, the school had 12.9 students per teacher, compared with 14.7 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Jeannette City SD
- Jeannette McKee Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
Other schools in Jeannette
- Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- Jeannette McKee Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- McCullough Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Harrison Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Jeannette McKee Elementary School0.5 mi · 504
- Hempfield Area SHS2.4 mi · 1,228
- Harrold School2.5 mi · 369
- Fort Allen Elementary School2.8 mi · 480
- Harrison Park Elementary School3.2 mi · 409
- Greensburg-Salem Middle School3.4 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Jeannette High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jeannette High School?
Jeannette High School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Jeannette High School serve?
Jeannette High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jeannette High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jeannette High School is approximately 12.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jeannette High School?
At Jeannette High School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 4% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Jeannette High School?
Jeannette High School is overseen by Jeannette City SD in Westmoreland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.