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Enrollment
1,671
High
DISTRICT 707 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWIN SD·NCES 421794004717
Norwin High School
251 McMahon Dr, North Huntingdon, PA 15642 · (724) 861-3005 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,671 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- A-Beats 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
16.1:1
104 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
504 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 397 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 430 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 423 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 421 | 25% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Norwin SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
83.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
67.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.2% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 85.8% | 64.5% |
% 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Norwin High School
Norwin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwin High School this school | 1,671 | 30.2% | 74.6% |
| Canon-McMillan SHS Canonsburg | 1,660 | 30.4% | 62.8% |
| North Hills High School Pittsburgh | 1,443 | 30.3% | 55.8% |
| Boyertown Area SHS Boyertown | 2,052 | 30.2% | 62.6% |
| Plum SHS Plum | 1,220 | 31.8% | 54.7% |
| Crestwood Secondary Campus Mountain Top | 1,379 | 26.8% | 55.9% |
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 Norwin High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #44 of 576 | #2 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #65 of 626 no change | #3 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #45 of 626 ▼ 2 | #2 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,671 | #60 of 713 | #1 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #482 of 601 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #413 of 604 | #7 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #529 of 619 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #184 of 221 | N/A |
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
1,671
+52 (+3%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,269
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,671 | 103.7 | 16.1:1 | 30% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 1,712 | 101.2 | 16.9:1 | 29% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 1,636 | 106.6 | 15.3:1 | 25% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 1,619 | 92 | 17.6:1 | 15% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 1,633 | 98.3 | 16.6:1 | 20% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 1,614 | 99 | 16.3:1 | 24% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 1,693 | 103 | 16.4:1 | 15% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 1,604 | 83 | 19.3:1 | 20% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 1,269 | 82 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwin High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,633 to 1,671); teachers up 6% (98.3 to 103.7).
About Norwin High School
A large high school in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Norwin High School is part of Norwin SD. Enrollment is 1,671 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 126% higher.
Norwin SD has 4,951 students in 7 schools, and Norwin High School is one of those schools.
Most students at Norwin High School are White: 91% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Norwin High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Its teaching staff equals 103.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.1:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Around 30% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County is 23 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Norwin High School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Pennsylvania, Norwin High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 74.6% actual against a predicted 64.7%.
In Westmoreland County (population about 352,500), median household income is about $74,109, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Norwin High School is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County, which together enroll about 41,302 students.
Norwin Middle School is located about 0.2 miles from Norwin High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 74.6% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Norwin High School saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.6:1 in 2020-21, and 16.1:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Norwin SD
- Norwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
Other schools in North Huntingdon
- Norwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
Nearby schools
- Norwin Middle School0.2 mi · 819
- Hahntown Elementary School0.3 mi · 419
- Hillcrest Intermediate School0.4 mi · 755
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary School1.4 mi · 417
- Sunset Valley Elementary School1.7 mi · 448
- Stewartsville Elementary School2.7 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Norwin High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Norwin High School?
Norwin High School enrolls approximately 1,671 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Norwin High School serve?
Norwin High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Norwin High School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Norwin High School.
How diverse is Norwin High School?
Norwin High School reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Norwin High School in?
Norwin High School is part of Norwin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.