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How has Quaker Valley HS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
550
High
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUAKER VALLEY SD·NCES 421986000448
Quaker Valley High School
625 Beaver St, Leetsdale, PA 15056 · (412) 749-6000 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% 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
11.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
135 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 134 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 123 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 151 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 142 | 26% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 Quaker Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
82.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.3pp 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 77 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.9% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.1% | 73.7% |
% 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
77.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Quaker Valley High School
Quaker Valley High School's state test result (77.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quaker Valley High School this school | 550 | 24.5% | 77.5% |
| Avonworth High School Pittsburgh | 579 | 21.2% | 69.0% |
| Northwestern Lehigh High School New Tripoli | 658 | 25.1% | 65.3% |
| Central Columbia SHS Bloomsburg | 601 | 29.0% | 68.2% |
| Lewisburg High School Lewisburg | 551 | 27.2% | 76.8% |
| Beaver Area SHS Beaver | 650 | 27.8% | 67.2% |
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 Quaker Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #36 of 576 | #8 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #21 of 626 ▲ 4 | #5 of 53 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #48 of 626 ▲ 39 | #10 of 53 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #374 of 713 | #37 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #71 of 601 | #11 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #294 of 604 | #36 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #568 of 619 | #42 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #105 of 373 | #8 of 29 |
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
550
-73 (-12%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 550 | 49.3 | 11.2:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 55.8 | 10.5:1 | 23% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 53.5 | 10.9:1 | 18% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 17% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 47.4 | 13.6:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 14% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 10% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 30 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quaker Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (644 to 550); teachers up 4% (47.4 to 49.3).
About Quaker Valley High School
Quaker Valley High School runs as a low-enrollment high school in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 550 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
The 4 schools of Quaker Valley SD, including Quaker Valley High School, enroll 1,784 students.
The large majority of students at Quaker Valley High School, 82%, are White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Quaker Valley High School has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 49.3 full-time equivalents, or about 11.2 students per teacher. Among high schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. About 25% of students, or 135, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Quaker Valley High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Quaker Valley High School would be expected to post about 67.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.5%.
In the county around the school, Allegheny County, median household income is about $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 277 public schools operate in Allegheny County, serving about 141,392 students.
Of nearby public schools, Edgeworth Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.1 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Quaker Valley High School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 623 to 550 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 13.3:1 to 11.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Quaker Valley High School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Quaker Valley SD
- Quaker Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 425 students
- Edgeworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Osborne Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Edgeworth Elementary School1.1 mi · 412
- Quaker Valley Middle School2.1 mi · 425
- Bon Meade Elementary School2.2 mi · 572
- J.A. Allard Elementary School2.3 mi · 209
- Highland Elementary School2.3 mi · 284
- Ambridge Area High School2.5 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About Quaker Valley High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Quaker Valley High School?
Quaker Valley High School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Quaker Valley High School serve?
Quaker Valley High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Quaker Valley High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Quaker Valley High School is approximately 11.2:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Quaker Valley High School?
At Quaker Valley High School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Quaker Valley High School public or private?
Quaker Valley High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Quaker Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.