Avonworth HS

Avonworth HS is a secondary school of cozy scale in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operated by Avonworth SD, teacheing 579 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Across the 4 schools in Avonworth SD (1,926 students total), Avonworth HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Avonworth HS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Avonworth HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Avonworth HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Allegheny County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Avonworth HS is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

The closest other public school is Avonworth MS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Avonworth HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Avonworth HS at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 25%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 579 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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