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Which teacher or staff member at Ligonier Valley HS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
434
High
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIGONIER VALLEY SD·NCES 421371004442
Ligonier Valley High School
40 Springer Rd, Ligonier, PA 15658 · (724) 238-9531 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
204 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 98 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 118 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 99 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 119 | 27% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 Ligonier Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -23.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 24 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 42.9% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Ligonier Valley High School
Ligonier Valley High School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligonier Valley High School this school | 434 | 47.0% | 47.7% |
| Maplewood JSHS Guys Mills | 431 | 48.0% | 34.8% |
| Northwest Area High School Shickshinny | 406 | 48.8% | 42.2% |
| United JSHS Armagh | 401 | 45.1% | 57.7% |
| Conemaugh Twp Area MS/SHS Davidsville | 491 | 47.3% | 61.0% |
| Lackawanna Trail JSHS Factoryville | 427 | 49.9% | 53.1% |
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 Ligonier Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #338 of 576 | #10 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #501 of 626 ▼ 248 | #15 of 18 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #278 of 626 ▼ 137 | #10 of 18 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #456 of 713 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #134 of 601 | #1 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #504 of 604 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #387 of 619 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #58 of 373 | #2 of 14 |
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
434
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 434 | 35.9 | 12.1:1 | 47% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 45% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 34.9 | 12.6:1 | 23% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 22% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 41.3 | 12.9:1 | 16% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 26% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 35% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 13% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ligonier Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (534 to 434); teachers down 13% (41.3 to 35.9).
About Ligonier Valley High School
Ligonier Valley High School is a small high school that serves part of Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The school reports 434 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 41% smaller than the 738 average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
A total of 4 schools make up Ligonier Valley SD, with 1,335 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Ligonier Valley High School, with 94% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% multiracial. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. Ligonier Valley High School has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Ligonier Valley High School operates with 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.1:1. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. About 47% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Ligonier Valley High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Pennsylvania, Ligonier Valley High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.7% actual against a predicted 57.5%.
Among Westmoreland County residents, 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 closest public school, Mellon Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles from Ligonier Valley High School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Ligonier Valley High School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Ligonier Valley High School is Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ligonier Valley High School went from 453 students to 434. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.2:1 in 2020-21, and 12.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Ligonier Valley SD
- Mellon Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Ligonier Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 268 students
- Laurel Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 238 students
Other schools in Ligonier
- Mellon Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Ligonier Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Mellon Elementary School1.1 mi · 395
- Ligonier Valley Middle School1.2 mi · 268
- Derry Area SHS7.0 mi · 598
- Derry Area Middle School7.0 mi · 440
- Grandview Elementary School7.2 mi · 753
- Baggaley Elementary School7.2 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Ligonier Valley High SchoolHow large is Ligonier Valley High School?
Ligonier Valley High School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades 09-12.
Is Ligonier Valley High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ligonier Valley High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Ligonier Valley High School have?
Ligonier Valley High School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ligonier Valley High School?
At Ligonier Valley High School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Ligonier Valley High School public or private?
Ligonier Valley High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ligonier Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.