Ligonier Valley MS

As a compact 6-8 campus in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, Ligonier Valley MS hosts 268 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Ligonier Valley SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Ligonier Valley MS sits 55% leaner than that benchmark.

Ligonier Valley MS is one of 4 schools operated by Ligonier Valley SD, a district that hosts 1,335 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ligonier Valley MS logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Westmoreland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Ligonier Valley MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.6%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -10.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Westmoreland County put the typical household earns roughly $74,109 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Westmoreland County's 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), Ligonier Valley MS is one campus in the mix.

Mellon El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ligonier Valley MS comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

Ligonier Valley MS operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 98% to 94%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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