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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KISKI AREA SD·NCES 421284007278
Kiski Area North Primary School
1048 School Road, Leechburg, PA 15656 · (724) 845-2032 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
196 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 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 13% larger than its 4th grade class (85).
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
Students here typically continue to
Kiski Area North 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
48.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -17.7pp since 2023
Math
58.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 58.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 65.9% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 North Primary School
Kiski Area North Primary School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiski Area North Primary School this school | 447 | 43.8% | 64.8% |
| Maplewood Elementary School Townville | 454 | 47.1% | 47.0% |
| Philipsburg Elementary School Philipsburg | 423 | 44.4% | 66.8% |
| Sharpsville Area Elementary School Sharpsville | 446 | 45.5% | 59.1% |
| Saegertown Elementary School Saegertown | 405 | 44.4% | 61.4% |
| Fort Allen Elementary School Greensburg | 480 | 47.1% | 65.4% |
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 North Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #451 of 1,396 | #22 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #559 of 1,511 ▼ 224 | #22 of 38 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #770 of 1,511 ▼ 342 | #29 of 38 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #698 of 1,638 | #19 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,171 of 1,528 | #26 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #1,255 of 1,531 | #27 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #1,097 of 1,600 | #28 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #279 of 1,045 | #4 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
447
-79 (-15%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 447 | 30.9 | 14.5:1 | 44% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 31.3 | 14.6:1 | 43% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 31.8 | 15.5:1 | 42% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 35% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 32.4 | 17.3:1 | 35% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 22% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 41 | 16.0:1 | 20% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 35 | 20.3:1 | 17% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 15 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiski Area North Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (561 to 447); teachers down 5% (32.4 to 30.9).
About Kiski Area North Primary School
Kiski Area North Primary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Leechburg, Pennsylvania. Its enrollment is 447 students, spread over kindergarten through 4.
Kiski Area North Primary School is a school in Kiski Area SD. The district has 6 schools and 3,275 students.
Of every 100 students at Kiski Area North Primary School, about 91 are White. The remaining students are 4% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put Westmoreland County at about 92% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at Kiski Area North Primary School are from different groups.
There are 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.5:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 1.4 students per teacher. On the income side, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County is 9 points higher.
Kiski Area North Primary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 66% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kiski Area North Primary School's results are 6.0 points above predicted: 64.8% against 58.8%.
In the surrounding county, Westmoreland County, median household income comes to about $74,109, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 85, with about 41,302 students.
Kiski Area IHS is the nearest public school to Kiski Area North Primary School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Kiski Area North Primary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 15% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.0:1 to 14.5:1.
People who know Kiski Area North Primary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 East Primary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Kiski Area South Primary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Other schools in Leechburg
- David Leech Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Leechburg Area High SchoolHigh · 177 students
- Leechburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 147 students
Nearby schools
- Kiski Area IHS0.6 mi · 518
- Kiski Area High School0.7 mi · 1,075
- David Leech Elementary School1.2 mi · 287
- Leechburg Area High School1.2 mi · 177
- Leechburg Area Middle School1.2 mi · 147
- Kiski Area East Primary School2.4 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Kiski Area North Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kiski Area North Primary School?
Kiski Area North Primary School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Kiski Area North Primary School serve?
Kiski Area North Primary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Kiski Area North Primary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Kiski Area North Primary School.
How diverse is Kiski Area North Primary School?
Kiski Area North Primary School reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Kiski Area North Primary School public or private?
Kiski Area North 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.