NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Washington, PA

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

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10
Schools
4,420
Students
45.4/100
Avg Resource Index
11.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Washington has more public-school enrollment than 49% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Washington 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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Washington's 10 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 2 middle and 2 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 19-point gap between Joe Walker El Sch and Trinity West El Sch shows the range hidden by Washington'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 51%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
72nd percentile
Teacher staffing
94th percentile

Trinity Shs accounts for 23.8% of all Washington public-school enrollment

That concentration means Washington-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

Washington school enrollment varies 6.6× across entities

Washington school enrollment ranges from 160 students (lowest) to 1,054 students (highest), a spread of 894 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

Washington reports 58.6% 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

Washington student-teacher ratio is 11.1:1 — 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. Joe Walker El Sch 56
2. Trinity South El Sch 51
3. Trinity East El Sch 49
4. Trinity Ms 48
5. Washington Hs 46
6. Washington Junior High School 44
7. Trinity Shs 42
8. Trinity North El Sch 41
9. Washington Park El Sch 40
10. Trinity West El Sch 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Washington

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 Washington Junior High School 71.3/100
  2. 2 Washington Hs 70.2/100
  3. 3 Washington Park El Sch 68.8/100
  4. 4 Trinity North El Sch 40.7/100
  5. 5 Trinity West El Sch 33.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Washington?

Which Washington school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Joe Walker El Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Washington schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Washington, PA? ▼

Washington has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,420 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.1:1.

Other Cities in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia
303 schools
Pittsburgh
145 schools
Harrisburg
40 schools
York
39 schools
Lancaster
37 schools
Erie
36 schools

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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.