Pine-Richland HS

As a sprawling high school in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, Pine-Richland HS hosts 1,449 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Pine-Richland SD. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 96% above typical.

Pine-Richland SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,553 students; Pine-Richland HS is among them.

On the student-mix side, Pine-Richland HS logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Pine-Richland HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.4%; this one delivers 85.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Allegheny County put the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Pine-Richland HS is one.

Pine-Richland MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pine-Richland HS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 74.1%.

Pine-Richland HS operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Pine-Richland HS's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,545 (now 1,449). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 90% to 85%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Pine-Richland HS community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.