Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL PARK SD·NCES 420351004802
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
1524 Hamilton Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15234 · (412) 854-8618 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
75 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 5% smaller than its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School→Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School→Independence Middle School→Bethel Park High School
Based on grade levels within Bethel Park SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
72.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 72.3% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 74.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (76.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School this school | 348 | 21.6% | 76.2% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Bethel Park | 338 | 19.5% | 78.4% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School State College | 360 | 21.1% | 75.2% |
| Richboro Elementary School Richboro | 377 | 16.2% | 66.6% |
| Mount Nittany Elementary School State College | 413 | 23.0% | 72.0% |
| Wrightstown Elementary School Wrightstown | 399 | 18.3% | 75.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abraham Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #176 of 1,396 | #48 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #237 of 1,511 ▼ 68 | #50 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #250 of 1,511 ▼ 63 | #53 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #1,061 of 1,638 | #79 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,300 of 1,528 | #118 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #1,011 of 1,531 | #109 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #1,424 of 1,600 | #118 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.4% | #44 of 450 | #10 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
348
+47 (+16%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 295
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 348 | 22.9 | 15.2:1 | 22% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 23.9 | 14.8:1 | 21% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 23.4 | 14.9:1 | 17% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 21 | 14.3:1 | 19% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 21.2 | 12.8:1 | 17% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 16% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 11% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 5% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abraham Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (271 to 348); teachers up 8% (21.2 to 22.9).
About Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It covers kindergarten through 4, with a total enrollment of 348 students. Enrollment is 21% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Bethel Park SD has a total of 8 schools and 3,996 students, Abraham Lincoln Elementary School among them.
White students make up 84% of enrollment at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School. Smaller groups are 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School employs 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.2:1. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 22% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Allegheny County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Abraham Lincoln Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.2% and a predicted 68.4%.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is located in Allegheny County, where the median household income is $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is one of 277 public schools in the county.
J.E. Harrison Middle School is located about 1.0 miles from Abraham Lincoln Elementary School. The five-mile area around Abraham Lincoln Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Abraham Lincoln Elementary School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 348, a 16% increase from 301 in 2020-21.
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Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Bethel Park SD
- Bethel Park High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
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Nearby schools
- J.E. Harrison Middle School1.0 mi · 716
- Myrtle Ave School1.0 mi · 312
- Whitehall Elementary School1.2 mi · 669
- Foster Elementary School1.2 mi · 304
- McAnnulty Elementary School1.3 mi · 354
- Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania CS1.5 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary School?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-04.
Is Abraham Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Abraham Lincoln Elementary School have?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 84% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is part of Bethel Park SD.
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