Enrollment
268
Middle
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIGONIER VALLEY SD·NCES 421371004440
Ligonier Valley Middle School
536 Bell Street, Ligonier, PA 15658 · (724) 238-6412 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
125 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 70 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 41% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 32% |
Student demographics
12%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
Students here typically continue to
Ligonier Valley Middle School→Ligonier Valley High School
Based on grade levels within Ligonier Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
30.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.3pp 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 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 30.9% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Middle School
Ligonier Valley Middle School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligonier Valley Middle School this school | 268 | 46.6% | 47.4% |
| Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School Mount Pleasant | 290 | 42.8% | 44.7% |
| Line Mountain Middle School Herndon | 319 | 49.8% | 36.7% |
| Bellwood Antis Middle School Bellwood | 332 | 47.6% | 49.0% |
| Palmerton Area Junior High School Palmerton | 261 | 48.3% | 47.2% |
| Mohawk Junior High School New Castle | 329 | 50.5% | 51.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #250 of 479 | #12 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #327 of 513 ▼ 1 | #14 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #125 of 513 ▲ 118 | #8 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #449 of 522 | #18 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #150 of 486 | #4 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #450 of 486 | #17 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #289 of 510 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #57 of 332 | #1 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
268
-78 (-23%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 268 | 22.4 | 12.0:1 | 47% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 24.8 | 11.8:1 | 43% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 24.8 | 12.5:1 | 43% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 46% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 25.6 | 13.3:1 | 36% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 32% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 41% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 25% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 21 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ligonier Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (339 to 268); teachers down 13% (25.6 to 22.4).
About Ligonier Valley Middle School
Ligonier Valley Middle School is one of the public schools in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. It is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The school serves 268 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 594 students; this school is 55% smaller than that.
Federal data list 4 schools in Ligonier Valley SD, with 1,335 students enrolled.
Ligonier Valley Middle School enrolls a student body that is 94% White. After that, the student body is 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, Westmoreland County is about 92% White. Ligonier Valley Middle School has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Ligonier Valley Middle School total 22.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.0:1. The 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 125 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 47%.
Ligonier Valley Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Westmoreland County show that median household income is about $74,109, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ligonier Valley Middle School is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County, which together enroll about 41,302 students.
The closest other public school is Mellon Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Ligonier Valley Middle School's average proficiency of 47.4% compares with 56.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 23%, from 346 to 268. The ratio was 13.8:1 in 2020-21 and 12.0:1 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
- Ligonier Valley High SchoolHigh · 434 students
- Mellon Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Laurel Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 238 students
Other schools in Ligonier
- Ligonier Valley High SchoolHigh · 434 students
- Mellon Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
Nearby schools
- Mellon Elementary School0.1 mi · 395
- Ligonier Valley High School1.2 mi · 434
- Derry Area SHS8.1 mi · 598
- Derry Area Middle School8.1 mi · 440
- Baggaley Elementary School8.2 mi · 510
- Grandview Elementary School8.2 mi · 753
Frequently asked questions
About Ligonier Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Ligonier Valley Middle School?
Ligonier Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ligonier Valley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ligonier Valley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ligonier Valley Middle School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Ligonier Valley Middle School.
How diverse is Ligonier Valley Middle School?
Ligonier Valley Middle School reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Ligonier Valley Middle School public or private?
Ligonier Valley Middle 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.