Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMPFIELD AREA SD·NCES 421176004400
West Point Elementary School
533 St Andrews Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601 · (724) 850-2270 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
131 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
69.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 69.2% |
| 2023-24 | 77.3% | 65.7% |
% 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
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Point Elementary School
West Point Elementary School's state test result (73.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Point Elementary School this school | 372 | 35.2% | 73.4% |
| Harrison Park Elementary School Jeannette | 409 | 33.7% | 81.0% |
| Friendship Elementary School Glen Rock | 377 | 38.2% | 56.0% |
| Lyter Elementary School Montoursville | 382 | 31.9% | 83.5% |
| New Salem Elementary School York | 403 | 37.2% | 72.0% |
| Twin Valley El Center Elverson | 395 | 37.2% | 65.8% |
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 West Point Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #229 of 1,396 | #12 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #288 of 1,511 ▲ 48 | #14 of 38 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #214 of 1,511 ▼ 42 | #13 of 38 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #992 of 1,638 | #28 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #949 of 1,528 | #18 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #1,174 of 1,531 | #18 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #1,246 of 1,600 | #32 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #599 of 1,045 | #16 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
372
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 372 | 27.4 | 13.6:1 | 35% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 27.6 | 14.6:1 | 33% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 27.6 | 14.1:1 | 30% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 25% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 26.7 | 15.7:1 | 32% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 21% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 12% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 17 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Point Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (419 to 372); teachers up 3% (26.7 to 27.4).
About West Point Elementary School
West Point Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The school serves 372 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
West Point Elementary School is a school in Hempfield Area SD. The district has 9 schools and 5,015 students.
The student body at West Point Elementary School is 89% White. Other groups include 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 27.4 full-time equivalents, or about 13.6 students per teacher. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 35%. The rate at public schools in Westmoreland County averages 53%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for West Point Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for West Point Elementary School is 62.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 73.4%.
In Westmoreland County (population about 352,500), the median household income is $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 85 public schools in Westmoreland County, enrolling about 41,302 students in all.
The shortest distance from West Point Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Wendover Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, West Point Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put West Point Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal data show a 7% enrollment decrease, from 399 in 2020-21 to 372 in 2024-25.
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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 Hempfield Area SD
- Hempfield Area SHSHigh · 1,228 students
- Wendover Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- West Hempfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- West Hempfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Fort Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
Other schools in Greensburg
- Hempfield Area SHSHigh · 1,228 students
- Greensburg-Salem High SchoolHigh · 784 students
- Wendover Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Greensburg-Salem Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Amos K Hutchinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Other West Point Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named West Point Elementary. West Point Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- West Point Elementary SchoolSURPRISE, AZ · 797 students
- West Point Elementary SchoolCullman, AL · 496 students
- West Point Elementary SchoolWest Point, GA · 450 students
- West Point ElementaryWest Point, VA · 409 students
- WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST POINT, NE · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Wendover Middle School0.4 mi · 626
- Amos K Hutchinson Elementary School2.3 mi · 521
- Greensburg-Salem Middle School3.1 mi · 568
- Mountain View Elementary School3.1 mi · 534
- Nicely Elementary School4.0 mi · 296
- Greensburg-Salem High School4.2 mi · 784
Frequently asked questions
About West Point Elementary SchoolHow many students attend West Point Elementary School?
West Point Elementary School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does West Point Elementary School serve?
West Point Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Point Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Point Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at West Point Elementary School?
Student demographics at West Point Elementary School are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is West Point Elementary School in?
West Point Elementary School is part of Hempfield Area SD.
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