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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWIN SD·NCES 421794000704
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School
1219 Morris Avenue, North Huntingdon, PA 15642 · (724) 861-3025 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
208 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (79).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School→Hillcrest Intermediate School→Norwin Middle School→Norwin High School
Based on grade levels within Norwin SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.4% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 72.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Sheridan Terrace Elementary School
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Terrace Elementary School this school | 417 | 49.9% | 77.8% |
| Edinboro Elementary School Edinboro | 414 | 47.8% | 73.2% |
| Bon Air Elementary School Lower Burrell | 447 | 50.8% | 59.7% |
| Charles W Longer Elementary School Hollidaysburg | 414 | 51.9% | 62.4% |
| Ward L Myers Elementary School Muncy | 451 | 48.6% | 53.5% |
| Fort Cherry El Center Mc Donald | 455 | 51.4% | 68.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Sheridan Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #149 of 1,396 | #10 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #171 of 1,511 ▲ 28 | #8 of 38 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #105 of 1,511 ▲ 69 | #6 of 38 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #810 of 1,638 | #23 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,409 of 1,528 | #36 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #1,171 of 1,531 | #17 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #1,005 of 1,600 | #22 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #517 of 1,045 | #13 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
417
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 417 | 25.7 | 16.2:1 | 50% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 47% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 25.7 | 16.4:1 | 42% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 40% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 29.3 | 16.4:1 | 48% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 44% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 30% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheridan Terrace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (480 to 417); teachers down 12% (29.3 to 25.7).
About Sheridan Terrace Elementary School
Federal records list Sheridan Terrace Elementary School as an elementary school in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. It is open to students in kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 417 students.
Norwin SD runs Sheridan Terrace Elementary School along with 6 other schools, enrolling 4,951 students in total.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at Sheridan Terrace Elementary School. Next come 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Westmoreland County, where about 92% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.2 students per teacher, from 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.2:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch program data show 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Sheridan Terrace Elementary School outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Sheridan Terrace Elementary School is 56.2%. It actually posts 77.8%, which is 21.6 points higher and in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Westmoreland County, home to about 352,500 people, the median household earns about $74,109 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Westmoreland County number 85, with about 41,302 students.
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School's nearest public school is Norwin High School (about 1.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 77.6%; Sheridan Terrace Elementary School's is 77.8%, ranking 5th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased by 3% across 4 years, from 429 in 2020-21 to 417 in 2024-25.
People who know Sheridan Terrace Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norwin SD
- Norwin High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Norwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Other schools in North Huntingdon
- Norwin High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Norwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Norwin High School1.4 mi · 1,671
- Hahntown Elementary School1.4 mi · 419
- Norwin Middle School1.6 mi · 819
- Hillcrest Intermediate School1.7 mi · 755
- Sunrise Elementary School2.1 mi · 412
- Penn Trafford High School2.7 mi · 1,167
Frequently asked questions
About Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sheridan Terrace Elementary School?
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades KG-04.
Is Sheridan Terrace Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Sheridan Terrace Elementary School have?
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Sheridan Terrace Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sheridan Terrace Elementary School are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sheridan Terrace Elementary School in?
Sheridan Terrace Elementary School is part of Norwin SD.
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