Enrollment
177
High
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEECHBURG AREA SD·NCES 421347006027
Leechburg Area High School
215 1st St, Leechburg, PA 15656 · (724) 842-0571 · Armstrong County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL177 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
99 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 40 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 24% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Leechburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
80.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.3pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -16.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.6% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 92.9% | 69.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Leechburg Area High School
Leechburg Area High School's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leechburg Area High School this school | 177 | 55.9% | 74.6% |
| Forbes Road JSHS Waterfall | 158 | 58.2% | 45.1% |
| Williamsburg Community JSHS Williamsburg | 217 | 53.0% | 46.7% |
| Avella Area JSHS Avella | 228 | 50.9% | 43.6% |
| Northern Potter JSHS Ulysses | 219 | 62.1% | 41.6% |
| Northern Cambria High School Northern Cambria | 262 | 55.3% | 62.0% |
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 Leechburg Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #45 of 576 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #182 of 626 ▼ 138 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #62 of 626 ▼ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 177 | #612 of 713 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #295 of 619 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #27 of 373 |
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
177
-15 (-8%) vs 2020
-52% since 2010-11, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 177 | 17.8 | 9.9:1 | 56% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 17.9 | 10.2:1 | 54% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 17.9 | 10.4:1 | 47% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 192 | 19 | 10.1:1 | 46% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 22.7 | 10.4:1 | 30% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 27 | 13.1:1 | 45% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 27% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leechburg Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (237 to 177); teachers down 22% (22.7 to 17.8).
About Leechburg Area High School
Leechburg Area High School serves students in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, as a very small high school. Enrollment totals 177 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 76% below the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Leechburg Area SD is the local district for Leechburg Area High School. It runs 3 schools with 611 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Leechburg Area High School is White, at 93%. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial. Among Armstrong County residents, the White share is about 95%. The diversity index for Leechburg Area High School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Leechburg Area High School reported 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.9:1. High schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 12.8:1. Roughly 56% of students at Leechburg Area High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Armstrong County average 90%.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Leechburg Area High School outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Leechburg Area High School is a top-10% school in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.6% with an actual 74.6%.
Armstrong County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $65,008 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Armstrong County number 17, with about 6,972 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, David Leech Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Leechburg Area High School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 15 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Armstrong County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,622
Census ACS
Median income
$65,008
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,972 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Leechburg Area SD
- David Leech Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Leechburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 147 students
Other schools in Leechburg
- Kiski Area North Primary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- David Leech Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Leechburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 147 students
Nearby schools
- David Leech Elementary School0.0 mi · 287
- Leechburg Area Middle School0.0 mi · 147
- Kiski Area North Primary School1.2 mi · 447
- Kiski Area IHS1.7 mi · 518
- Kiski Area High School1.9 mi · 1,075
- Kiski Area East Primary School2.8 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Leechburg Area High SchoolHow large is Leechburg Area High School?
Leechburg Area High School enrolls approximately 177 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Leechburg Area High School serve?
Leechburg Area High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Leechburg Area High School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Leechburg Area High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leechburg Area High School?
At Leechburg Area High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Leechburg Area High School public or private?
Leechburg Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Leechburg Area SD.
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