Carnegie El Sch

Set in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Carnegie El Sch is a mid-tier K-5 school, overseen by Carlynton SD. It works with 408 students across grades K through 6.

Carlynton SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,331 students. Carnegie El Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Carnegie El Sch lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 15% Asian, 12% multiracial, 12% Black, 7% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Carnegie El Sch has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carnegie El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +8.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carnegie El Sch is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

Chartiers Valley Intrmd School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carnegie El Sch comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Carnegie El Sch's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 408). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 65% to 54%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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