Provident CS - West

Set in Baden, Pennsylvania, Provident CS - West is a minimally staffed K-5 school, overseen by Provident CS - West. It hosts 51 students across grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Provident CS - West sits 88% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Provident CS - West answers to Provident CS - West, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Provident CS - West logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Other groups include 10% multiracial, 6% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Beaver County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Provident CS - West falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 70.9%; this one comes in at 14.5%, -56.4 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Beaver County shows median household earnings sit near $71,089, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Beaver County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,222 students), Provident CS - West is one campus in the mix.

Baden Academy CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Provident CS - West. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Provident CS - West at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. As a public charter, Provident CS - West runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Provident CS - West community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.