Ligonier Valley HS

Located at 40 Springer Rd, in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, Ligonier Valley HS is a close-knit high school that instructs 434 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Ligonier Valley SD. Enrollment runs roughly 41% smaller than the state mean of about 738.

Ligonier Valley SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,335 students; Ligonier Valley HS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ligonier Valley HS shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Ligonier Valley HS shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ligonier Valley HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 47.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Westmoreland County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,109 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Ligonier Valley HS is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students).

Mellon El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ligonier Valley HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ligonier Valley HS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ligonier Valley HS's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 534 (now 434).

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