West Mifflin Area HS

West Mifflin Area HS is an average-sized secondary school in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, part of West Mifflin Area SD. The school educates 964 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 738.

West Mifflin Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,393 students; West Mifflin Area HS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Mifflin Area HS records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, West Mifflin Area HS has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Mifflin Area HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 27.3%, a residual of -8.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Allegheny County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which West Mifflin Area HS is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Mifflin Area MS, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West Mifflin Area HS comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 1,012 students in 2018 compared to 964 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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