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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the West Allegheny SHS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,031
High
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ALLEGHENY SD·NCES 422520000509
West Allegheny SHS
205 W Allegheny Rd, Imperial, PA 15126 · (724) 695-5245 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,031 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
326 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 284 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 248 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 264 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 235 | 23% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 West Allegheny SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.7pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 60.3% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 West Allegheny SHS
West Allegheny SHS's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Allegheny SHS this school | 1,031 | 31.6% | 66.4% |
| Montour High School Mc Kees Rocks | 1,004 | 29.9% | 66.2% |
| Upper Perkiomen High School Pennsburg | 1,021 | 35.5% | 64.1% |
| Shaler Area High School Pittsburgh | 1,160 | 35.3% | 61.5% |
| North Hills High School Pittsburgh | 1,443 | 30.3% | 55.8% |
| Red Land SHS Lewisberry | 1,061 | 28.6% | 59.2% |
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 West Allegheny SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #95 of 576 | #14 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #90 of 626 ▲ 1 | #13 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #119 of 626 ▼ 42 | #17 of 53 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,031 | #168 of 713 | #17 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #558 of 601 | #51 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #312 of 604 | #37 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #521 of 619 | #37 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #366 of 373 | #28 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
1,031
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 1,031 | 56.7 | 18.2:1 | 32% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 1,021 | 56.7 | 18.0:1 | 32% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 997 | 60.7 | 16.4:1 | 23% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 1,025 | 62 | 16.5:1 | 15% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 1,037 | 68.7 | 15.1:1 | 13% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 1,080 | 70 | 15.4:1 | 23% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 1,042 | 70 | 14.9:1 | 22% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 964 | 59 | 16.3:1 | 12% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 37 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Allegheny SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,037 to 1,031); teachers down 17% (68.7 to 56.7).
About West Allegheny SHS
West Allegheny SHS is a high school in Imperial, Pennsylvania, and it is part of West Allegheny SD. It educates 1,031 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students.
West Allegheny SD has 3,469 students in 5 schools, and West Allegheny SHS is one of those schools.
West Allegheny SHS enrolls a student body that is 84% White. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Allegheny County is about 76% White. West Allegheny SHS has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 18.2:1 comes from the school's 56.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 32% of students at West Allegheny SHS as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County is 22 points.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, West Allegheny SHS receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, West Allegheny SHS is 2.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 66.4% actual, 64.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Allegheny County show that median household income is about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 277 public schools in Allegheny County, with a combined enrollment of about 141,392.
The shortest distance from West Allegheny SHS to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to West Allegheny Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, West Allegheny SHS is 7th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for West Allegheny SHS is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 1,025 in 2020-21 to 1,031 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students. The ratio was 16.5:1 in 2020-21 and 18.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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 West Allegheny SD
- West Allegheny Middle SchoolMiddle · 796 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Donaldson Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- McKee Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Other schools in Imperial
- West Allegheny Middle SchoolMiddle · 796 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- West Allegheny Middle School0.2 mi · 796
- Wilson Elementary School1.5 mi · 586
- Donaldson Elementary School2.2 mi · 535
- Parkway West Career and Technology Center3.3 mi · 14
- McKee Elementary School3.4 mi · 521
- McCormick Elementary School4.0 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About West Allegheny SHSWhat is the total enrollment at West Allegheny SHS?
West Allegheny SHS enrolls approximately 1,031 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does West Allegheny SHS serve?
West Allegheny SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Allegheny SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Allegheny SHS is approximately 18.2:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Allegheny SHS?
At West Allegheny SHS, the student body is approximately 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is West Allegheny SHS in?
West Allegheny SHS is part of West Allegheny SD.
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