Kiski Area North Primary Sch

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, Kiski Area North Primary Sch serves 447 students from grades K through 4, overseen by Kiski Area SD.

Across the 6 schools in Kiski Area SD (3,275 students total), Kiski Area North Primary Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Kiski Area North Primary Sch lists that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest reads as 4% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kiski Area North Primary Sch has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Kiski Area North Primary Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at Kiski Area North Primary Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Westmoreland County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kiski Area North Primary Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Westmoreland County put the typical household earns roughly $74,109 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Westmoreland County's 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), Kiski Area North Primary Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kiski Area IHS, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kiski Area North Primary Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kiski Area North Primary Sch has decreased 20%, going from 561 students in 2018 to 447 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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