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The public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

51 public middle schools in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Life Male STEAM Academy CS leads the list at 83.2%, against a median of 4.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Top % Black

83.2%

Median % Black

4.4%

MOST BLACK · ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Life Male STEAM Academy CS	Pittsburgh, PA	Life Male STEAM Academy CS	101	84	83.2%
2	Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	179	140	78.2%
3	Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	183	139	76.0%
4	Linton Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Penn Hills SD	626	410	65.5%
5	Sto-Rox Upper Elementary School	McKees Rocks, PA	Sto-Rox SD	193	123	63.7%
6	Dickson Prep STEAM Academy	Swissvale, PA	Woodland Hills SD	579	365	63.0%
7	Pittsburgh Classical 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	245	133	54.3%
8	Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	148	75	50.7%
9	Founders Hall Middle School	McKeesport, PA	McKeesport Area SD	642	320	49.8%
10	Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	260	108	41.5%
11	Steel Valley Middle School	Munhall, PA	Steel Valley SD	429	172	40.1%
12	Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	387	145	37.5%
13	Pittsburgh South Brook 6-8	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	242	81	33.5%
14	Gateway Middle School	Monroeville, PA	Gateway SD	1,017	323	31.8%
15	Provident CS	Pittsburgh, PA	Provident CS	306	75	24.5%
16	West Mifflin Area Middle School	West Mifflin, PA	West Mifflin Area SD	776	169	21.8%
17	South Allegheny Middle School	McKeesport, PA	South Allegheny SD	321	47	14.6%
18	Brentwood Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Brentwood Borough SD	269	36	13.4%
19	Keystone Oaks Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Keystone Oaks SD	442	41	9.3%
20	Highlands Middle School	Natrona Heights, PA	Highlands SD	575	53	9.2%
21	J.E. Harrison Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Baldwin-Whitehall SD	716	51	7.1%
22	Plum Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Plum Borough SD	550	39	7.1%
23	David E Williams Middle School	Coraopolis, PA	Montour SD	952	65	6.8%
24	Holiday Park Intermediate School	Pittsburgh, PA	Plum Borough SD	513	35	6.8%
25	South Park Middle School	South Park, PA	South Park SD	580	39	6.7%
26	Moon Area Lower Middle School	Moon Township, PA	Moon Area SD	639	28	4.4%
27	Moon Area Upper Middle School	Moon Township, PA	Moon Area SD	621	26	4.2%
28	Dorseyville Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Fox Chapel Area SD	981	35	3.6%
29	Shaler Area Middle School	Glenshaw, PA	Shaler Area SD	589	21	3.6%
30	Elizabeth Forward Middle School	Elizabeth, PA	Elizabeth Forward SD	538	19	3.5%
31	Chartiers Valley Middle School	Bridgeville, PA	Chartiers Valley SD	751	26	3.5%
32	West Allegheny Middle School	Imperial, PA	West Allegheny SD	796	25	3.1%
33	Shaler Area Elementary School	Glenshaw, PA	Shaler Area SD	870	27	3.1%
34	Independence Middle School	Bethel Park, PA	Bethel Park SD	602	18	3.0%
35	Avonworth Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Avonworth SD	446	13	2.9%
36	North Hills Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	North Hills SD	1,127	32	2.8%
37	Pleasant Hills Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	West Jefferson Hills SD	813	23	2.8%
38	Quaker Valley Middle School	Sewickley, PA	Quaker Valley SD	425	12	2.8%
39	South Fayette Middle School	McDonald, PA	South Fayette Township SD	859	23	2.7%
40	Mellon Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Mt Lebanon SD	661	16	2.4%
41	Jefferson Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Mt Lebanon SD	621	15	2.4%
42	Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School	Bethel Park, PA	Bethel Park SD	597	14	2.4%
43	Marshall Middle School	Wexford, PA	North Allegheny SD	847	17	2.0%
44	Fort Couch Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Upper St. Clair SD	647	13	2.0%
45	Carson Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	North Allegheny SD	652	13	2.0%
46	Ingomar Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	North Allegheny SD	514	8	1.6%
47	Eden Hall Upper Elementary School	Gibsonia, PA	Pine-Richland SD	1,076	14	1.3%
48	Pine-Richland Middle School	Gibsonia, PA	Pine-Richland SD	703	9	1.3%
49	Deer Lakes Middle School	Cheswick, PA	Deer Lakes SD	383	4	1.0%
50	Boyce Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Upper St. Clair SD	624	4	0.6%

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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