Allison Park El Sch

Set in Houston, Pennsylvania, Allison Park El Sch is a large primary school, one of the schools within Chartiers-Houston SD. It hosts 691 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 56% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Chartiers-Houston SD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,230 students; Allison Park El Sch is among them.

Demographically, Allison Park El Sch shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Washington County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Allison Park El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Washington County) reports that median household income runs about $78,958, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students), Allison Park El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Chartiers-Houston JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Allison Park El Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Allison Park El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 625 students in 2018 compared to 691 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 87% to 81% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.