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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KISKI AREA SD·NCES 421284007279
Kiski Area East Primary School
420 Franklin Ave, Vandergrift, PA 15690 · (724) 567-6706 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
387 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 12% larger than its 4th grade class (83).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Kiski Area East Primary School→Kiski Area Upper Elementary School→Kiski Area IHS→Kiski Area High School
Based on grade levels within Kiski Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -22.7pp since 2023
Math
58.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 58.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 57.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Kiski Area East Primary School
Kiski Area East Primary School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiski Area East Primary School this school | 425 | 91.1% | 61.6% |
| Juniata Elementary School Altoona | 470 | 96.2% | 55.1% |
| Bentworth El Center Bentleyville | 413 | 95.4% | 67.7% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School Altoona | 439 | 99.3% | 50.2% |
| Corry Area Intrmd School Corry | 404 | 92.1% | 49.6% |
| North Salem Elementary School Dover | 384 | 94.5% | 66.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Kiski Area East Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #538 of 1,396 | #24 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #560 of 1,511 ▼ 16 | #23 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #950 of 1,511 ▼ 493 | #32 of 38 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #780 of 1,638 | #20 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,043 of 1,528 | #24 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #804 of 1,531 | #7 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #649 of 1,600 | #11 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #560 of 1,045 | #14 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
425
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 425 | 30.6 | 13.9:1 | 91% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 93% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 29.5 | 14.4:1 | 100% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 99% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 29.8 | 16.2:1 | 100% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 56% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 59% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 47% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 27 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiski Area East Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (483 to 425); teachers up 3% (29.8 to 30.6).
About Kiski Area East Primary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Kiski Area East Primary School serves students in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. The school teaches kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 425 students.
Kiski Area SD runs 6 schools with a combined 3,275 students. Kiski Area East Primary School is one of them.
The share of White students at Kiski Area East Primary School is 77%, a majority. It is also 12% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Westmoreland County is roughly 92% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Kiski Area East Primary School, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Westmoreland County report 53%.
Kiski Area East Primary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Kiski Area East Primary School scores 23.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 61.6% actual versus 38.6% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Westmoreland County, the median household earns about $74,109 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Westmoreland County has 85 public schools with about 41,302 students, including Kiski Area East Primary School.
Kiski Area East Primary School's nearest public school is Kiski Area IHS (about 2.0 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Kiski Area East Primary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 425, close to the 422 recorded in 2020-21.
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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 Kiski Area SD
- Kiski Area High SchoolHigh · 1,075 students
- Kiski Area IHSMiddle · 518 students
- Kiski Area Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Kiski Area North Primary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Kiski Area South Primary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Other schools in Vandergrift
- Kiski Area High SchoolHigh · 1,075 students
- Kiski Area IHSMiddle · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Kiski Area IHS2.0 mi · 518
- Kiski Area High School2.0 mi · 1,075
- Kiski Area North Primary School2.4 mi · 447
- Leechburg Area High School2.8 mi · 177
- David Leech Elementary School2.8 mi · 287
- Leechburg Area Middle School2.8 mi · 147
Frequently asked questions
About Kiski Area East Primary SchoolHow large is Kiski Area East Primary School?
Kiski Area East Primary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Kiski Area East Primary School serve?
Kiski Area East Primary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kiski Area East Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kiski Area East Primary School is approximately 13.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kiski Area East Primary School?
At Kiski Area East Primary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 3% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Two or more.
Is Kiski Area East Primary School public or private?
Kiski Area East Primary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kiski Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.