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Enrollment
415
High
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STEEL VALLEY SD·NCES 422279000196
Steel Valley SHS
3113 Main St, Munhall, PA 15120 · (412) 464-3600 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C-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
11.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
408 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 131 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 89 | 21% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Steel Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
29.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 22.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Steel Valley SHS
Steel Valley SHS's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Valley SHS this school | 415 | 98.3% | 33.6% |
| Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy 6-12 Pittsburgh | 618 | 98.7% | 60.9% |
| Beaver Falls Area SHS Beaver Falls | 486 | 98.8% | 37.4% |
| Northgate MSHS Pittsburgh | 476 | 95.8% | 33.6% |
| New Castle SHS New Castle | 740 | 98.9% | 35.8% |
| Valley JSHS New Kensington | 905 | 97.8% | 17.7% |
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 Steel Valley SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #472 of 576 | #33 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #407 of 626 ▲ 62 | #30 of 53 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #476 of 626 ▲ 45 | #37 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #477 of 713 | #46 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #104 of 601 | #13 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #45 of 604 | #6 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #175 of 619 | #19 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #141 of 373 | #13 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
415
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 415 | 35.6 | 11.7:1 | 98% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 35.1 | 11.6:1 | 100% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 39.2 | 10.2:1 | 88% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 38 | 10.6:1 | 87% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 36.7 | 12.8:1 | 89% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 98% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 40% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 861 | 55 | 15.7:1 | 28% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 48 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Steel Valley SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (471 to 415); teachers down 3% (36.7 to 35.6).
About Steel Valley SHS
Steel Valley SHS sits in Munhall, Pennsylvania, and is classified as a high school. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 415 students. The school is 44% below the average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Federal data list 4 schools in Steel Valley SD, with 1,409 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at Steel Valley SHS, 42%, is White. Next come 37% Black, 13% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 76% White among all Allegheny County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Steel Valley SHS is 11.7:1, based on 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Steel Valley SHS counts 98% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Allegheny County average 54%.
Steel Valley SHS earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.5%. Steel Valley SHS scores 33.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Allegheny County show that the median household earns about $78,548 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Allegheny County has 277 public schools with about 141,392 students, including Steel Valley SHS.
Of the public schools around it, Steel Valley SHS is closest to Steel Valley Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Steel Valley SHS is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Steel Valley SHS is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's student count rose 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 11.7:1, from 10.6:1.
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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 Steel Valley SD
- Steel Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 429 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Barrett Elementary SchoolElementary · 225 students
Other schools in Munhall
- Steel Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 429 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Steel Valley Middle School0.0 mi · 429
- Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 340
- Homeville Elementary School1.2 mi · 424
- Barrett Elementary School1.3 mi · 225
- Propel CS-Homestead1.3 mi · 476
- West Mifflin Area High School1.4 mi · 964
Frequently asked questions
About Steel Valley SHSHow large is Steel Valley SHS?
Steel Valley SHS enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Steel Valley SHS serve?
Steel Valley SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Steel Valley SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Steel Valley SHS is approximately 11.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Steel Valley SHS?
At Steel Valley SHS, the student body is approximately 42% White, 5% Hispanic, 37% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Steel Valley SHS public or private?
Steel Valley SHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Steel Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.