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Quaker Valley HS
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Quaker Valley HS
Quaker Valley HS operates as a close-knit senior high in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, run under Quaker Valley SD. Current enrollment sits at 550 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.
Quaker Valley SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,784 students. Quaker Valley HS is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Quaker Valley HS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 25% 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.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Quaker Valley HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.1%; this one delivers 77.5%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) logs that median household income runs about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Quaker Valley HS is one.
Edgeworth El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Quaker Valley HS comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quaker Valley HS has fell 15%, going from 644 students in 2018 to 550 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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