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If you could change one rule at Yough SHS, what would it be?
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Enrollment
592
High
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YOUGH SD·NCES 422115004735
Yough SHS
919 Lowber Rd, Herminie, PA 15637 · (724) 446-5520 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
244 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Yough SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
592
-92 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.4:1
% White
91%
was 96%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Yough SHS
Yough SHS is a high school of close-knit scale in Herminie, Pennsylvania, run under Yough SD, educateing 592 students in grades 9 through 12.
Yough SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,818 students; Yough SHS is among them.
On demographics, Yough SHS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest looks like 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Westmoreland County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Westmoreland County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Yough SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.9%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -17.0 points.
Around the school, Westmoreland County reports that median household income runs about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Westmoreland County's 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), Yough SHS is one campus in the mix.
H W Good El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Yough SHS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 71.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Yough SHS has shrank 13%, going from 684 students in 2018 to 592 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 96% to 91%.
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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 Yough SD
- Yough Intrmd/MS SchMiddle · 541 students
- H W Good El SchElementary · 270 students
- Mendon El SchElementary · 234 students
- West Newton El SchElementary · 181 students
Nearby schools
- H W Good El Sch0.7 mi · 270
- Sunset Valley El Sch3.2 mi · 448
- West Hempfield MS3.9 mi · 546
- West Hempfield El Sch4.1 mi · 496
- Norwin MS4.3 mi · 819
- Hillcrest Intermediate Sch4.3 mi · 755
Frequently asked questions
About Yough SHSHow large is Yough SHS?
Yough SHS enrolls approximately 592 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Yough SHS serve?
Yough SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Yough SHS?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Yough SHS.
How diverse is Yough SHS?
Yough SHS reports a student body of 91% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Yough SHS?
Yough SHS is overseen by Yough SD in Westmoreland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.