Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHGATE SD·NCES 421777006977
Bellevue Elementary School
435 Lincoln Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15202 · (412) 732-3300 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
327 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 28% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Bellevue Elementary School→Northgate MSHS
Based on grade levels within Northgate SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.1pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.9% | 37.7% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Bellevue Elementary School
Bellevue Elementary School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Elementary School this school | 348 | 94.0% | 50.0% |
| Ringing Rocks Elementary School Pottstown | 383 | 98.4% | N/A |
| Riverside Elementary School West Taylor | 352 | 98.6% | N/A |
| Rochester Area Elementary School Rochester | 346 | 98.8% | 48.2% |
| Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia | 432 | 95.4% | 54.1% |
| University Park Elementary School Monroeville | 328 | 93.6% | 75.6% |
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 Bellevue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #866 of 1,396 | #81 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #801 of 1,511 ▲ 194 | #80 of 141 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #854 of 1,511 ▼ 103 | #86 of 141 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #1,069 of 1,638 | #82 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #505 of 1,528 | #44 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #211 of 1,531 | #22 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #600 of 1,600 | #55 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #375 of 450 | #52 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
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 28.5 | 12.2:1 | 94% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 27.5 | 11.9:1 | 100% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 26.7 | 11.9:1 | 100% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 99% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 25.2 | 13.5:1 | 56% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 63% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 51% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 33% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 24 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellevue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (340 to 348); teachers up 13% (25.2 to 28.5).
About Bellevue Elementary School
Bellevue Elementary School is a small elementary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, administered by Northgate SD. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 348 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 21% smaller than that.
The district, Northgate SD, operates 3 schools serving 1,076 students.
White students are the majority at Bellevue Elementary School, with 53% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 20% Black, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Allegheny County, the White share is about 76%. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligible students account for 94% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Allegheny County report 54%.
Bellevue Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Bellevue Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.0% and a predicted 37.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Allegheny County is home to 277 public schools and about 141,392 public school students.
The closest public school, Avalon Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles from Bellevue Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Bellevue Elementary School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Bellevue Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 9 students since 2020-21, to 348. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 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
Related schools
Other schools in Northgate SD
- Northgate MSHSHigh · 476 students
- Avalon Elementary SchoolElementary · 252 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Other Bellevue Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 10 states are named Bellevue Elementary. Bellevue Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Bellevue ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 1,145 students
- Bellevue Elementary SchoolBellevue, OH · 779 students
- Bellevue ElementaryAtwater, CA · 599 students
- BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLEVUE, NE · 475 students
- BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSYRACUSE, NY · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Avalon Elementary School0.8 mi · 252
- Northgate MSHS0.8 mi · 476
- Pittsburgh Morrow K-81.3 mi · 486
- Pittsburgh Perry High School1.9 mi · 430
- Sto-Rox JSHS2.0 mi · 422
- Sto-Rox Upper Elementary School2.1 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About Bellevue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bellevue Elementary School?
Bellevue Elementary School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Bellevue Elementary School serve?
Bellevue Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bellevue Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bellevue Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bellevue Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bellevue Elementary School are roughly 53% White, 13% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Bellevue Elementary School?
Bellevue Elementary School is overseen by Northgate SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.