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Hempfield Area Senior High School is a public high school located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, serving grades 10-12 with a total enrollment of 1,661 students. This school is part of the Hempfield Area School District, which is ranked 88 out of 610 districts in Pennsylvania and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Hempfield Area Senior High School consistently ranks among the top 20% of Pennsylvania high schools, with a current ranking of 105 out of 686 schools. The school's performance on Keystone Exams is notably strong, with 61.2% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in Algebra I, 58.4% in Biology, and 82.5% in Literature, all significantly higher than the state averages. Additionally, the school has a four-year graduation rate of 96.5%, which is significantly higher than the state average, and a very low dropout rate of 0.6%. Hempfield Area Senior High School performs well across different student subgroups, including male students, female students, White students, low socioeconomic status students, and disabled students.
Compared to nearby schools, Hempfield Area Senior High School outperforms many in academic metrics, such as Keystone Exam proficiency rates and graduation rates. For example, the school's Algebra I proficiency rate of 61.2% is significantly higher than the nearby Southmoreland Senior High School (19.5%) and Mount Pleasant Area High School (46.2%). The school also has a lower percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (24.26%) compared to some nearby schools, such as Jeannette High School (84.6%) and Southmoreland Senior High School (41.78%), indicating a relatively more affluent student population. Hempfield Area Senior High School has maintained a consistent level of academic performance, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, and has shown some improvement in recent years, with its ranking increasing from 234 out of 674 Pennsylvania high schools in 2022-2023 to 105 out of 686 in 2023-2024.
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