Sheridan Terrace El Sch

Sheridan Terrace El Sch is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, part of Norwin SD, with 417 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Across the 7 schools in Norwin SD (4,951 students total), Sheridan Terrace El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Sheridan Terrace El Sch logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Westmoreland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at Sheridan Terrace El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sheridan Terrace El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.2%; actual is 77.8%, +21.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Westmoreland County indicate median household income runs about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Westmoreland County runs 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), of which Sheridan Terrace El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Norwin HS, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sheridan Terrace El Sch at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 77.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 94% to 89%.

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