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Enrollment
518
Middle
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KISKI AREA SD·NCES 421284007277
Kiski Area IHS
260 Hyde Park Rd, Vandergrift, PA 15690 · (724) 845-2219 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
408 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 269 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 249 | 48% |
Student demographics
22%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 IHS→Kiski Area High School
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
47.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 25.2% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 IHS
Kiski Area IHS's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiski Area IHS this school | 518 | 78.8% | 39.4% |
| Kiski Area Upper Elementary School Apollo | 502 | 84.9% | 47.3% |
| Mifflin Co Middle School Lewistown | 733 | 73.7% | 28.4% |
| Titusville Middle School Titusville | 411 | 71.3% | 37.8% |
| Conneaut Area Middle School Conneaut Lake | 408 | 69.9% | 49.3% |
| Harlan Rowe Middle School Athens | 496 | 93.5% | 44.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 IHS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #348 of 479 | #16 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #375 of 513 ▲ 6 | #17 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #310 of 513 ▲ 36 | #15 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #292 of 522 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #475 of 486 | #17 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.1% | #369 of 486 | #3 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #168 of 510 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #123 of 332 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
518
-62 (-11%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 518 | 28.6 | 18.1:1 | 79% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 28.6 | 18.3:1 | 78% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 56% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 26 | 22.3:1 | 74% (428) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 26 | 23.1:1 | 43% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 38% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 35% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 828 | 36 | 23.0:1 | 28% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 36 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiski Area IHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (601 to 518); teachers up 10% (26 to 28.6).
About Kiski Area IHS
At 260 Hyde Park Rd in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, Kiski Area IHS operates as a medium-sized middle school. The school reports 518 students in grades 7 through 8.
Kiski Area IHS is one of the 6 schools that make up Kiski Area SD (3,275 students in total).
Kiski Area IHS enrolls a student body that is 88% White. It is also 8% Black and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Westmoreland County is about 92% White. By the diversity index, Kiski Area IHS comes in at 22%.
The school reports 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.1 students per teacher. The 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 79%. That is 26 points above the 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County.
Kiski Area IHS is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Kiski Area IHS, the prediction is 43.8% and the result is 39.4%.
Kiski Area IHS is located in Westmoreland County, where median household income is about $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 85 public schools in Westmoreland County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,302.
The shortest distance from Kiski Area IHS to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Kiski Area High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Kiski Area IHS places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 11%, from 580 to 518. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.3:1 to 18.1:1 over the same years.
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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 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 High SchoolHigh · 1,075 students
- Kiski Area East Primary SchoolElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Kiski Area High School0.2 mi · 1,075
- Kiski Area North Primary School0.6 mi · 447
- David Leech Elementary School1.7 mi · 287
- Leechburg Area High School1.7 mi · 177
- Leechburg Area Middle School1.7 mi · 147
- Kiski Area East Primary School2.0 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Kiski Area IHSWhat is the total enrollment at Kiski Area IHS?
Kiski Area IHS enrolls approximately 518 students in grades 07-08.
Is Kiski Area IHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kiski Area IHS is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kiski Area IHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kiski Area IHS is approximately 18.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kiski Area IHS?
At Kiski Area IHS, the student body is approximately 88% White, 1% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Kiski Area IHS?
Kiski Area IHS is overseen by Kiski Area SD in Westmoreland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.