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Schools in Sewickley Heights

Sewickley Heights’s public schools

Quaker Valley School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sewickley Heights. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
84%
2021–22
Math proficiency
66%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.8K
▲ 18% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.4
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,784 students on the public path
In brief

Sewickley Heights’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Sewickley Heights’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Quaker Valley HS places highest (better than 95%); Quaker Valley MS lowest (80%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sewickley Heights, graded from A to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Quaker Valley HS. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sewickley Heights, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA
6–8Quaker Valley MSin SewickleyA−
9–12Quaker Valley HSin LeetsdaleA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Quaker Valley School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Quaker Valley School DistrictGrades K–12 · 4 schools · 1,784 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 11.4 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$25,781PA $21,758 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading84%
State average 55.1% · 957 students tested
Math66%
State average 36.1% · 937 students tested

Sewickley Heights vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Sewickley Heights’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sewickley Heights—Quaker Valley
SewickleyA+Quaker Valley
Sewickley Hills—Quaker Valley
AleppoA+Quaker Valley
EdgeworthA+Quaker Valley
Bell AcresA+Quaker Valley

All 5 neighbors share Quaker Valley with Sewickley Heights, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Sewickley Heights

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Sewickley Heightsin other towns
Edgeworth El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Sewickley
A
412 students12:1Rate it →
Osborne El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Sewickley
A
397 students14:1Rate it →
Quaker Valley MS
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sewickley
A−
425 students9:1Rate it →
Quaker Valley HS
High · Grades 9–12 · Leetsdale
A+
550 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Sewickley Heights’s schools

Are Sewickley Heights’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sewickley Heights. Quaker Valley School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sewickley Heights. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Sewickley Heights in?

Quaker Valley School District.

Where do Sewickley Heights kids go to high school?

Quaker Valley HS.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.