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West Hills Primary School

Serves grades KG - 3

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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
181 Heritage Park Drive
Kittanning, PA 16201
Phone
(724) 548-7651
District
ARMSTRONG SD
County
ARMSTRONG COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
560
Classroom Teachers
43

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.2% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

West Hills Primary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
64%
50%
63%
53%
64%
48%
64%
50%
63%
53%
64%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 128 22.9%
Grade 1 142 25.4%
Grade 2 126 22.5%
Grade 3 164 29.3%
Total 560 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 97.1% 97.0% 65.3%
Black 0.9% 1.4% 15.4%
Hispanic 1.5% 1.2% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.4% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.5% 74.9% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 99.5% 74.1% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.8% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 41,555 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 93.7 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.9% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.0% 31.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.6% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 20.3% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 16,884 5,150,940
Single Parent Households With Children 5.7% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.4% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.3% 33.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.4% 15.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.6% 16.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.1% 17.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.0% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.2% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 9.7% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,655 $52,550,460 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $603 $2,973,996 3.0%
Staff $362 $1,785,384 1.8%
General Administration $427 $2,105,964 2.1%
School Administration $715 $3,526,380 3.5%
Operation $1,440 $7,102,080 7.0%
Transportation $898 $4,428,936 4.4%
Other $382 $1,884,024 1.9%
Total Support $4,828 $23,811,696 23.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,954 $24,433,128 24.2%
Total Expenditures $20,437 $100,795,284 100.0%
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%