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Belle Vernon Area High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
425 Crest Ave
Belle Vernon, PA 15012
Phone
(724) 808-2500
District
BELLE VERNON AREA SD
County
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
764
Classroom Teachers
44

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

6

(10 is best)

Better than 52.4% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Belle Vernon Area High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
69%
64%
68%
64%
69%
63%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
17
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 210 27.5%
Grade 10 197 25.8%
Grade 11 161 21.1%
Grade 12 196 25.7%
Total 764 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.0% 92.1% 65.3%
Black 1.9% 3.4% 15.4%
Hispanic 3.0% 3.1% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 1.4% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 25.1% 36.5% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 25.0% 35.4% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.1% 1.1% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,113 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 415.2 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.7% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.0% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.8% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 22.8% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,014 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.3% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.6% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.3% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.9% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.1% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.9% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.0% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 11.4% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,723 $20,943,923 55.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $630 $1,512,630 4.0%
Staff $274 $657,874 1.7%
General Administration $733 $1,759,933 4.7%
School Administration $628 $1,507,828 4.0%
Operation $1,228 $2,948,428 7.8%
Transportation $738 $1,771,938 4.7%
Other $194 $465,794 1.2%
Total Support $4,424 $10,622,024 28.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,586 $6,208,986 16.4%
Total Expenditures $15,733 $37,774,933 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%