Middle · Pennsylvania
Ligonier Valley MS
Ligonier Valley MS, a public middle school in Ligonier, Pennsylvania: grades 6–8, 268 students, 12.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ligonier Valley SD.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 268
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.4
- Students per teacher
- 12.0
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 66% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 12.8 · 521 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 86% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 560 · 521 schools compared
Smaller than 79% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Pennsylvania: 49%62%proficient
+4.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 75% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 51% · 521 middle schools compared
251 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%31%proficient
−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 63% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 37% · 521 middle schools compared
252 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Ligonier Valley SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ligonier Valley SD.
Location
- Address
- 536 Bell Street, Ligonier, PA 15658
- Phone
- (724)238-6412
- County
- Westmoreland County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derry Area MSFree meals for all | 6–8 | 440 | 11.8 | 60% | 38% |
Greater Latrobe JHSFree meals for all | 7–8 | 499 | 11.1 | 69% | 52% |
River Valley MSFree meals for all | 6–8 | 332 | 14.3 | 45% | 36% |
| 6–8 | 626 | 14.1 | 68% | 49% | |
| 7–8 | 290 | 14.1 | 52% | 34% | |
Greater Johnstown MSFree meals for all | 5–7 | 615 | 11.8 | 16% | 6.2% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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