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Schools in Speers · Charleroi School District

Speers’s public schools score below 67% of Pennsylvania districts on tests and graduation

23% of students in Speers’s public schools are proficient in math, below the Pennsylvania average (36%). The grade covers the public school district serving Speers, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Pennsylvania, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Pennsylvania state tests taken in spring 2022, when 94% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
53%
▼ 2 pts vs PA 55%
2021–22
Math proficiency
23%
▼ 13 pts vs PA 36%
2021–22
Graduate on time
85–89%
▼ 2–2 pts vs PA 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.7K
▼ 18% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.3
PA 13.4 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,370 students on the public path
In brief

Speers’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 2028 Pennsylvania towns with household incomes within a quarter of Speers’s, its schools beat 12%, lower than their 33% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 53% of tested students were proficient in reading and 23% in math, against 55% and 36% statewide; 94% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

85–89% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Pennsylvania (the state reports Speers’s rate as a range). Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $17,740 per student, against $21,758 across Pennsylvania (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

One elementary school, then one middle and one high school

From grade 6 the district’s path is Charleroi Area MS, then Charleroi Area 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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Speers’s grade

C Test scoresC− Graduation

C: better than 33% of Pennsylvania school districts. Both inputs trail the Pennsylvania average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Pennsylvania school districts we grade (688)Better than 33%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (2028)Better than 12%
CB−A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 670 test results and a graduating class of 118 could put Speers anywhere from C to B−. The tests are from spring 2022, when 94% of Speers’s students in the tested grades sat them (652 in math, 687 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Speers, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5Charleroi Area El Ctrin CharleroiC
6–8Charleroi Area MSin CharleroiC
9–12Charleroi Area HSin CharleroiB

Speers’s public schools are run by Charleroi School District, which also serves Charleroi, Dunlevy, Fallowfield and North Charleroi and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

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

Charleroi School DistrictGrades K–12 · 3 schools · 1,370 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 14.3 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$17,740PA $21,758 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading53%
State average 55.1% · 687 students tested
Math23%
State average 36.1% · 652 students tested

Speers vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
SpeersCCharleroi
Twilight—Charleroi
RostraverB−Belle Vernon Area
Long Branch—California Area
CharleroiCCharleroi
Dunlevy—Charleroi

3 of the 5 neighbors share Charleroi with Speers, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Speers

3 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 Speersin other towns
Charleroi Area El Ctr
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Charleroi
C
621 students14:1Rate it →
Charleroi Area MS
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Charleroi
C
299 students14:1Rate it →
Charleroi Area HS
High · Grades 9–12 · Charleroi
B
450 students16:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Mon Valley Career and Technology Center).

Questions about Speers’s schools

Are Speers’s schools good?

On Pennsylvania’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Speers children attend score below 67% of Pennsylvania’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 12%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Speers in?

Charleroi School District, which runs grades K–12 and enrolls 1,370 students in 3 schools (2024–25).

Where do Speers kids go to high school?

Charleroi Area HS in Charleroi, with 450 students; its own test results earn a B.

What is Speers’s graduation rate?

85–89% of the class of 2023 in Charleroi School District graduated in four years, against 88% across Pennsylvania.

How much does Speers spend per student?

$17,740 in Charleroi School District (FY2024), against $21,758 across Pennsylvania. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.