NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in North Huntingdon, PA

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7 public K-12 schools in North Huntingdon 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
4,951
Students
42/100
Avg Resource Index
16.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, North Huntingdon has more public-school enrollment than 55% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. North Huntingdon's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

5 of North Huntingdon's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 8-point gap between Norwin Ms and Sheridan Terrace El Sch shows the range hidden by North Huntingdon'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 45%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
55th percentile
Teacher staffing
40th percentile

Norwin Shs accounts for 33.8% of all North Huntingdon public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means North Huntingdon-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

North Huntingdon school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

North Huntingdon school enrollment ranges from 417 students (lowest) to 1,671 students (highest), a spread of 1,254 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

North Huntingdon operates one school district — a single-district system

North Huntingdon's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

North Huntingdon student-teacher ratio is 16.3:1 — 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 North Huntingdon is typically wider than the North Huntingdon-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Norwin Ms 46
2. Hillcrest Intermediate Sch 45
3. Hahntown El Sch 44
4. Norwin Shs 41
5. Sunset Valley El Sch 41
6. Stewartsville El Sch 39
7. Sheridan Terrace El Sch 38

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Which North Huntingdon school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Norwin Ms has the highest Resource Investment Index among the North Huntingdon schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in North Huntingdon, PA? ▼

North Huntingdon has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,951 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.3:1.

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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.