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Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KISKI AREA SD·NCES 421284007487
Kiski Area Upper El Sch
4728 Route 66, Apollo, PA 15613 · (724) 727-3421 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
426 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
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
57.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
32.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
502
-48 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.9:1
% White
88%
was 91%
% Hispanic
3%
was 1%
% Black
6%
was 8%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Kiski Area Upper El Sch
Kiski Area Upper El Sch operates as a close-knit middle school in Apollo, Pennsylvania, operated by Kiski Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 502 students spanning grades 5 through 6.
Kiski Area SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,275 students; Kiski Area Upper El Sch is among them.
On the student-mix side, Kiski Area Upper El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest consists of 6% Black, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Kiski Area Upper El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westmoreland County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
With demographic context factored in, Kiski Area Upper El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.2%; this one delivers 47.3%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Westmoreland County shows median household income runs about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Kiski Area Upper El Sch is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students).
Kiski Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kiski Area Upper El Sch ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.7%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kiski Area Upper El Sch has decreased 9%, going from 550 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025.
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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 HSHigh · 1,075 students
- Kiski Area IHSMiddle · 518 students
- Kiski Area North Primary SchElementary · 447 students
- Kiski Area East Primary SchElementary · 425 students
- Kiski Area South Primary SchElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Kiski Area HS4.1 mi · 1,075
- Kiski Area East Primary Sch4.2 mi · 425
- Kiski Area South Primary Sch4.3 mi · 308
- Kiski Area IHS4.3 mi · 518
- Kiski Area North Primary Sch4.9 mi · 447
- Leechburg Area HS6.0 mi · 177
Frequently asked questions
About Kiski Area Upper El SchHow many students attend Kiski Area Upper El Sch?
Kiski Area Upper El Sch enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 05-06.
Is Kiski Area Upper El Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kiski Area Upper El Sch is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Kiski Area Upper El Sch have?
Kiski Area Upper El Sch employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Kiski Area Upper El Sch?
Student demographics at Kiski Area Upper El Sch are roughly 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Kiski Area Upper El Sch public or private?
Kiski Area Upper El Sch 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.