NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Beaver Falls, PA

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7 public K-12 schools in Beaver Falls from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,622
Students
45/100
Avg Resource Index
15:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Beaver Falls has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Beaver Falls sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Beaver Falls's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 13-point gap between Beaver Falls Ms and Beaver Falls Area Shs shows the range hidden by Beaver Falls's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 62%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
70th percentile
Teacher staffing
54th percentile

Blackhawk Hs accounts for 21.1% of all Beaver Falls public-school enrollment

That concentration means Beaver Falls-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Beaver Falls school enrollment varies 5.4× across entities

Beaver Falls school enrollment ranges from 141 students (lowest) to 763 students (highest), a spread of 622 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Beaver Falls reports 55.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Beaver Falls student-teacher ratio is 15.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Beaver Falls is typically wider than the Beaver Falls-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Beaver Falls Ms 52
2. Blackhawk Hs 48
3. Patterson Primary Sch 45
4. Blackhawk Intermediate Sch 44
5. Highland Ms 44
6. Central El Sch 43
7. Beaver Falls Area Shs 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Beaver Falls

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Central El Sch 70.1/100
  2. 2 Beaver Falls Ms 67.1/100
  3. 3 Beaver Falls Area Shs 62.9/100
  4. 4 Patterson Primary Sch 23.4/100
  5. 5 Highland Ms 18.0/100

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Which Beaver Falls school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Beaver Falls Ms has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Beaver Falls schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Beaver Falls, PA? ▼

Beaver Falls has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,622 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.