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

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