Coulter’s public schools score below 85% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Coulter’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 85% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Coulter’s schools are like
Low even next to similar towns
It isn’t only a matter of income. Among the 153 Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes, Coulter still scores better than just 3%. How it compares ↓
Fewer students graduate on time
77% of students graduate on time, 11 points below the state’s 88%.
Less money per student than most
Coulter spends 13% less per student than the state average. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With two elementary schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C− to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Founders Hall Middle Sch and McKeesport Area SHS. South Versailles sends its kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Coulter compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Coulter.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Coulter vs. its neighbors
Coulter’s schools rank 3rd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Pennsylvania districts.
Every school in Coulter
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Coulter families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Coulter
There’s no college in Coulter, but 32 are within 30 miles. The closest is Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport, 3.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Coulter. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 22 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.