# looks like west mifflin and east allaghany schools **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 11, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looks-like-west-mifflin-and-east-allaghany-schools/191094 "2007-07-11T11:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 96
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> [@F&CK Buffalo and all the H8TERS](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-ck-buffalo-and-all-the-h8ters/31310/16): > > glad everyone backs up their arguments so well… > > Duquesne has 78% of their students coming from low income families and of the roughly 443 students enrolled only 87.5% graduate. > > Shaler has roughly 1400 students and 94.1% graduate. Only 7.3% of shaler students come from low income families. > > Average SAT score for Shaler, 992.26. Average for Duquesne, 661.5. > > Of course there are exceptions, the statistics show that, however, schools in better neighborhoods produce better students. I did not look for any stats regarding the effect on “good” schools when a “bad” school is closed and the students enrolled in the “good” school. > > chris. > > sources: [http://www.schools-data.com/schools/Duquesne-MS-HS-Duquesne.html](http://www.schools-data.com/schools/Duquesne-MS-HS-Duquesne.html) > [http://www.schools-data.com/schools/Shaler-Area-HS-Pittsburgh.html](http://www.schools-data.com/schools/Shaler-Area-HS-Pittsburgh.html) i’ll throw some statistics in for CC. my source is central 2006-2007 Annual report on giving. total enrollment is 830 aprx 28% recieve need based financial assitance 38% of students reside in pittsburgh and 62% are from the suburbs ( i bet more than half of that is from penn hills) 17% are non catholic 12% are minority 98% of graduates go on to college 99% seniors scored 3 or higher on advanced placement exams 8 million dollars in scholarships offered to the class of 2006 Scores on SAT’s are higher than the national average in overall score in each category average class size is 21 15:1 student to teacher ratio --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looks-like-west-mifflin-and-east-allaghany-schools/191094)._