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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Kiski Area HS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,075
High
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KISKI AREA SD·NCES 421284004431
Kiski Area High School
240 Hyde Park Rd, Vandergrift, PA 15690 · (724) 845-8181 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,075 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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
21.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
534 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 9 | 272 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 260 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 284 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 259 | 24% |
Student demographics
17%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
Feeds from
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
65.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.1% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 40.2% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Kiski Area High School
Kiski Area High School's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiski Area High School this school | 1,075 | 49.7% | 54.9% |
| Somerset Area Jr-Sr High School Somerset | 1,054 | 51.9% | 59.8% |
| Mifflin Co High School Lewistown | 1,032 | 54.8% | 48.9% |
| Ringgold SHS Monongahela | 810 | 46.8% | 44.3% |
| Trinity SHS Washington | 1,054 | 43.1% | 63.3% |
| Laurel Highlands SHS Uniontown | 753 | 47.1% | 42.0% |
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 Kiski Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #229 of 576 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #190 of 626 ▲ 94 | #6 of 18 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #232 of 626 ▲ 55 | #9 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,075 | #154 of 713 | #6 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #580 of 601 | #16 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #410 of 604 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #356 of 619 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #258 of 373 | #9 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
1,075
-59 (-5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,357
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 1,075 | 50.8 | 21.2:1 | 50% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 1,086 | 52.3 | 20.8:1 | 49% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 1,126 | 52 | 21.6:1 | 31% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 1,134 | 51 | 22.2:1 | 28% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 1,145 | 55.3 | 20.7:1 | 28% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 1,253 | 59 | 21.2:1 | 36% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 1,333 | 59 | 22.6:1 | 29% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 1,459 | 71 | 20.6:1 | 18% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 1,357 | 75 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiski Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,145 to 1,075); teachers down 8% (55.3 to 50.8).
About Kiski Area High School
Kiski Area High School operates as a medium-sized high school in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 1,075 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Kiski Area SD counts 3,275 students in its 6 schools, and Kiski Area High School is one of them.
The student body at Kiski Area High School is 91% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Black and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Kiski Area High School's 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.2:1. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 21.2:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 50%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Kiski Area High School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Kiski Area High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.9% is 1.4 points below the 56.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Westmoreland County residents, the median household income is $74,109, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Kiski Area High School, Westmoreland County has 84 other public schools.
Nearby, Kiski Area IHS is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Kiski Area High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Kiski Area High School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Kiski Area High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Kiski Area High School's enrollment declined from 1,134 in 2020-21 to 1,075 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.2:1 to 21.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Kiski Area High School. 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 Kiski Area SD
- Kiski Area IHSMiddle · 518 students
- Kiski Area Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Kiski Area North Primary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Kiski Area East Primary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Kiski Area South Primary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Other schools in Vandergrift
- Kiski Area IHSMiddle · 518 students
- Kiski Area East Primary SchoolElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Kiski Area IHS0.2 mi · 518
- Kiski Area North Primary School0.7 mi · 447
- David Leech Elementary School1.9 mi · 287
- Leechburg Area High School1.9 mi · 177
- Leechburg Area Middle School1.9 mi · 147
- Kiski Area East Primary School2.0 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Kiski Area High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kiski Area High School?
Kiski Area High School enrolls approximately 1,075 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Kiski Area High School serve?
Kiski Area High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Kiski Area High School have?
Kiski Area High School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kiski Area High School?
At Kiski Area High School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kiski Area High School in?
Kiski Area High School is part of Kiski Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.