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Provident Charter School - West

Public, Charter Grades 1-5
1315th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,511 Pennsylvania Elementary Schools
Better than 13% of Pennsylvania elementary schools
Summary

Provident Charter School - West is a small public charter school in Baden, PA that serves just 23 students in grades 1-4. The school is part of the Provident Charter School - West District, which is ranked 551 out of 606 districts in Pennsylvania and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Provident Charter School - West struggles compared to state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 20.5% of students were proficient or better in PSSA Math, compared to the state average of 41.7%. In PSSA English Language Arts, only 2.6% of students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 48.5%. The school's performance is particularly low in 4th and 5th grade, with 0% proficiency in ELA. Provident Charter School - West ranks very low among Pennsylvania elementary schools, ranking 1315 out of 1511 in the 2024-2025 school year and receiving only 1 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger.

While Provident Charter School - West has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, nearby public schools like Margaret Ross Elementary, Rochester Area Elementary, and Todd Lane Elementary generally perform much better academically, with higher proficiency rates in both Math and ELA, and higher overall rankings from SchoolDigger. The school also appears to have fewer resources compared to these nearby public schools, with lower per-student spending of $17,525 in 2022-2023 compared to schools like Freedom Area Elementary ($22,961).

51
Students ?
4.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$68,453
Per pupil spending ?
15.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 200 Quigley Drive
       Baden, PA  15005

(412) 709-5160

District: Provident Charter School - West

Racial breakdown:

White:
80.4%
Two or more races:
9.8%
Asian:
5.9%
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At a glance
Strengths
Small classes — about 5 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Pennsylvania average (12% vs 45% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 46 pts below the Pennsylvania average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school12%
Pennsylvania avg45%
1,315th of 1,511
Pennsylvania public elementary schools ?
Bottom 13%
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SchoolDigger rating ?
551st of 606Provident Charter School - West among Pennsylvania districts
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2025)3rd percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs Pennsylvania (2024-2025) ?
Math20%-21 vs state
English Language Arts3%-46 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 51 students attended Provident Charter School - West.

Students at Provident Charter School - West are 80% White, 10% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 2% African American, 2% Hispanic.

Provident Charter School - West ranks in the bottom 13.0% of Pennsylvania elementary schools.


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Latest Pennsylvania data All new data »
2024–25 graduation ratesMar 29, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesMar 27, 2026
2023–24 school spending dataJan 29, 2026
2024–25 Keystone Exams & PSSA scoresNov 13, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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