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Ligonier Valley Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

536 Bell St

Ligonier PA, 15658, Westmoreland County

Phone: 724-238-6412

Ranking:

(366 out of 2,311, top 16%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Ligonier Valley School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	27		26		27		31		21		19		20
Total Students:	390		369		388		380		377		374		389
Grade 6:	145	37.2%	121	32.8%	129	33.2%	111	29.2%	94	24.9%	97	25.9%	90	23.1%
Grade 7:	117	30.0%	124	33.6%	126	32.5%	130	34.2%	100	26.5%	93	24.9%	95	24.4%
Grade 8:	128	32.8%	124	33.6%	133	34.3%	139	36.6%	95	25.2%	89	23.8%	109	28.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	196	50.3%	193	52.3%	212	54.6%	203	53.4%	190	50.4%	188	50.3%	178	45.8%
Female:	194	49.7%	176	47.7%	176	45.4%	177	46.6%	176	46.7%	177	47.3%	207	53.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	4	1.1%	2	0.5%	3	0.8%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	4	1.0%
White:	384	98.5%	363	98.4%	380	97.9%	372	97.9%	367	97.3%	370	98.9%	382	98.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	113	29.0%	100	27.1%	112	28.9%	108	28.4%	96	25.5%	63	16.8%	61	15.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	23	5.9%	29	7.9%	44	11.3%	46	12.1%	33	8.8%	35	9.4%	30	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.30		14.04		14.54		12.28		18.26		19.40		19.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	58.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	66.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	66.7%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	71.1%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	74.5%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	81.6%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	70.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	80.9%	74.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	67.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	75%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	68%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	71.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	63.1%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	68.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	71.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	65.7%	64.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	60.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	58%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	69.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	48.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	58.9%	61.8%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	72.6%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	98.9%	83.6%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.3%	88.7%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.9%	86.6%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	98.9%	86.5%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.8%	94.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	99.2%	98.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	73.7%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	78.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	74.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	77.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	77%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76.1%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.8%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	65.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	66%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.3%	85%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	87.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	94%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	86.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	78.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	79.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	72.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	81.4%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	77.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	75.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	62.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	67.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	64.9%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	71.6%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.7%	82.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	88.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	98.9%	90.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100%	92.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	94.1%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	86.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	62.1%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	75.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	68.4%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	80.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.8%	86%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.3%	87.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.6%	90.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.4%	90.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	93.4%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	68.5%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	71%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93%	78.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78%	76.7%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	66.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.7%	74.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	98.1%	77.9%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.6%	91.6%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	89.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	90.6%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	92.4%	72.7%

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* Ligonier Valley Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.