Enrollment
269
Middle
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRENTWOOD BOROUGH SD·NCES 420414009979
Brentwood MS
3601 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15227 · (412) 881-4940 · Allegheny County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
152 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Brentwood MS→Brentwood SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Brentwood Borough SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.6pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
269
-24 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.6:1
% White
64%
was 81%
% Hispanic
9%
was 4%
% Black
13%
was 6%
% Asian
7%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Brentwood MS
Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brentwood MS is a low-enrollment middle school, one of the schools within Brentwood Borough SD. It works with 269 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 55% leaner than the state mean of about 594.
Brentwood Borough SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,106 students; Brentwood MS is among them.
Demographically, Brentwood MS shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 13% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Brentwood MS reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at Brentwood MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brentwood MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -8.3 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) reports that median household earnings sit near $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Brentwood MS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Brentwood SHS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Brentwood MS comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Five-year trend. Brentwood MS's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 293 (now 269). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 81% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.
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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 Brentwood Borough SD
- Brentwood SHSHigh · 331 students
- Elroy Avenue El SchElementary · 270 students
- Moore SchElementary · 236 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills HSHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice HSHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area HSHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair HSHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Brentwood SHS0.0 mi · 331
- Elroy Avenue El Sch0.3 mi · 270
- Moore Sch0.4 mi · 236
- Pittsburgh Concord K-51.1 mi · 430
- Baldwin SHS1.3 mi · 1,657
- R.A. Lutz El Sch1.3 mi · 1,060
Frequently asked questions
About Brentwood MSWhat is the total enrollment at Brentwood MS?
Brentwood MS enrolls approximately 269 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Brentwood MS serve?
Brentwood MS serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Brentwood MS have?
Brentwood MS employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Brentwood MS?
Student demographics at Brentwood MS are roughly 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Brentwood MS in?
Brentwood MS is part of Brentwood Borough SD.
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