NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Greensburg, PA

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

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11
Schools
6,160
Students
47/100
Avg Resource Index
13.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Greensburg has more public-school enrollment than 64% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Greensburg 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

Greensburg's list includes 5 elementary, 3 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 21-point gap between Harrold Ms and Greensburg-Salem Hs shows the range hidden by Greensburg'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 36%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
69th percentile

Hempfield Area Shs accounts for 19.9% of all Greensburg public-school enrollment

That concentration means Greensburg-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

Greensburg school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities

Greensburg school enrollment ranges from 296 students (lowest) to 1,228 students (highest), a spread of 932 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

Greensburg student-teacher ratio is 13.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Harrold Ms 55
2. Maxwell El Sch 54
3. West Point El Sch 54
4. Wendover Ms 51
5. Fort Allen El Sch 48
6. Amos K Hutchinson El Sch 46
7. Hempfield Area Shs 45
8. Mountain View El Sch 45
9. Greensburg-Salem Ms 44
10. Nicely El Sch 41
11. Greensburg-Salem Hs 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Greensburg

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 Amos K Hutchinson El Sch 51.1/100
  2. 2 Nicely El Sch 49.4/100
  3. 3 Greensburg-Salem Ms 42.1/100
  4. 4 Greensburg-Salem Hs 35.2/100
  5. 5 Fort Allen El Sch 23.1/100

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Which Greensburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Harrold Ms has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Greensburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Greensburg, PA? ▼

Greensburg has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,160 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.8:1.

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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.