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Which teacher or staff member at Slippery Rock Area HS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
627
High
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SLIPPERY ROCK AREA SD·NCES 422166001172
Slippery Rock Area High School
201 Kiester Rd, Slippery Rock, PA 16057 · (724) 794-2960 · Butler County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
261 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 142 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 174 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 152 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 159 | 25% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Slippery Rock Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
52.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.6% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 57.6% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Slippery Rock Area High School
Slippery Rock Area High School's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slippery Rock Area High School this school | 627 | 41.6% | 64.1% |
| Hughesville JSHS Hughesville | 728 | 41.3% | 49.2% |
| Penns Valley Area JSHS Spring Mills | 632 | 39.9% | 58.1% |
| Yough SHS Herminie | 592 | 41.2% | 42.9% |
| Penn Cambria High School Cresson | 538 | 43.5% | 69.3% |
| Mount Pleasant Area High School Mount Pleasant | 597 | 44.7% | 52.8% |
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 Slippery Rock Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #121 of 576 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #177 of 626 ▼ 64 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #71 of 626 ▲ 11 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #320 of 713 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #86 of 601 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #500 of 604 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #443 of 619 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #299 of 373 | #6 of 7 |
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
627
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 627 | 54.9 | 11.4:1 | 42% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 53.4 | 12.0:1 | 41% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 52.9 | 11.8:1 | 35% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 56 | 10.9:1 | 27% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 45.3 | 14.4:1 | 23% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 32% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 27% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 770 | 44 | 17.5:1 | 20% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 43 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Slippery Rock Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (653 to 627); teachers up 21% (45.3 to 54.9).
About Slippery Rock Area High School
Slippery Rock Area High School operates as a small high school in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 627 students.
Slippery Rock Area SD has 4 schools and 1,833 students, and Slippery Rock Area High School is one of those schools.
White students are 94% of those enrolled at Slippery Rock Area High School. Next come 3% multiracial. That is in line with Butler County, where about 93% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Slippery Rock Area High School reports a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher, from 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.4:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for high schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch program data show 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Slippery Rock Area High School outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.8% for Slippery Rock Area High School. The school posts 64.1%, 4.4 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Butler County, the median household earns about $89,843 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Butler County has 39 public schools with about 24,616 students, including Slippery Rock Area High School.
Slippery Rock Area High School's nearest public school is Slippery Rock Area Middle School (about 0.2 miles). There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Slippery Rock Area High School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Slippery Rock Area High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 16 students, from 611 to 627.
This page is set up for the Slippery Rock Area High School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,254
Census ACS
Median income
$89,843
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
24,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Slippery Rock Area SD
- Slippery Rock Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Slippery Rock Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
- Moraine Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in Slippery Rock
- Slippery Rock Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Slippery Rock Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Slippery Rock Area Middle School0.2 mi · 404
- Slippery Rock Area Elementary School1.4 mi · 453
- Grove City Area Middle School6.6 mi · 442
- Hillview Elementary School6.8 mi · 768
- Moniteau JSHS7.5 mi · 511
- Grove City Area High School7.9 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Slippery Rock Area High SchoolHow large is Slippery Rock Area High School?
Slippery Rock Area High School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Slippery Rock Area High School serve?
Slippery Rock Area High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Slippery Rock Area High School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Slippery Rock Area High School.
How diverse is Slippery Rock Area High School?
Slippery Rock Area High School reports a student body of 94% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Slippery Rock Area High School?
Slippery Rock Area High School is overseen by Slippery Rock Area SD in Butler County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.