Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLYNTON SD·NCES 420504000077
Carnegie Elementary School
301 Franklin Ave, Carnegie, PA 15106 · (412) 429-2500 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
401 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Carnegie Elementary School→Carlynton JSHS
Based on grade levels within Carlynton SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.5pp since 2023
Math
41.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.3% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 43.3% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Carnegie Elementary School
Carnegie Elementary School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Elementary School this school | 408 | 98.3% | 44.1% |
| Linglestown Elementary School Harrisburg | 475 | 96.8% | 66.1% |
| Belmont Hills Elementary School Bensalem | 580 | 94.3% | 43.1% |
| University Park Elementary School Monroeville | 328 | 93.6% | 75.6% |
| Pittsburgh Greenfield K-8 Pittsburgh | 396 | 91.7% | 59.1% |
| Paxtonia Elementary School Harrisburg | 682 | 99.3% | 65.7% |
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 Carnegie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #996 of 1,396 | #90 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #974 of 1,511 ▼ 77 | #89 of 141 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,162 of 1,511 ▼ 121 | #105 of 141 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #847 of 1,638 | #58 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #169 of 1,528 | #17 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #204 of 1,531 | #21 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #438 of 1,600 | #39 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #1,000 of 1,045 | #68 of 73 |
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
408
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 408 | 37.8 | 10.8:1 | 98% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 36.3 | 11.1:1 | 100% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 27.7 | 13.0:1 | 100% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 99% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 32.1 | 12.9:1 | 100% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 34 | 11.9:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 58% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 27 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carnegie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (413 to 408); teachers up 18% (32.1 to 37.8).
About Carnegie Elementary School
Carnegie Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 15106). It teaches 408 students in kindergarten through 6.
Carlynton SD, which runs Carnegie Elementary School, has 3 schools and 1,331 students.
The largest group at Carnegie Elementary School is White students, at 54%. Other groups make up 15% Asian, 12% multiracial, 12% Black, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 76% of Allegheny County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
Carnegie Elementary School lists 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 2.3 students per teacher. About 98% of students at Carnegie Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 44 points above the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County.
Carnegie Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Carnegie Elementary School, the prediction is 35.5% and the result is 44.1%.
Census data for Allegheny County show median household income comes to about $78,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 277 public schools in the county, enrolling about 141,392, Carnegie Elementary School among them.
About 0.4 miles separate Carnegie Elementary School from the closest public school, Chartiers Valley Intrmd School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Carnegie Elementary School ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Carnegie Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 6%. By 2024-25, the school had 10.8 students per teacher, compared with 13.7 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Carlynton SD
- Carlynton JSHSHigh · 632 students
- Crafton Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
Other Carnegie Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Carnegie Elementary. Carnegie Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Carnegie Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 389 students
- Carnegie Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 389 students
- Carnegie Elementary SchoolCarnegie, OK · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Chartiers Valley Intrmd School0.4 mi · 801
- Jefferson Middle School1.7 mi · 621
- Jefferson Elementary School1.8 mi · 310
- Carlynton JSHS1.8 mi · 632
- Chartiers Valley Middle School1.8 mi · 751
- Chartiers Valley Primary School1.9 mi · 892
Frequently asked questions
About Carnegie Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Carnegie Elementary School?
Carnegie Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-06.
Is Carnegie Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carnegie Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carnegie Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carnegie Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carnegie Elementary School?
At Carnegie Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 7% Hispanic, 12% Black, 15% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Carnegie Elementary School public or private?
Carnegie Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carlynton SD.
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