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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the City CHS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
594
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITY CHS·NCES 420009400663
City CHS
201 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 · (412) 690-2489 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
47 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
526 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 174 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 138 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 154 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 128 | 22% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
22.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 22.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 24.6% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 City CHS
City CHS's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| City CHS this school | 594 | 88.6% | 33.6% |
| Pittsburgh Perry High School Pittsburgh | 430 | 99.5% | 14.5% |
| Saul W B Agricultural School Philadelphia | 417 | 99.3% | 30.9% |
| Greater Johnstown SHS Johnstown | 917 | 93.3% | 14.8% |
| Farrell Area HS/UMS Farrell | 281 | 96.4% | 13.9% |
| Hill Freedman World Academy Philadelphia | 640 | 89.4% | 47.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 City CHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #471 of 576 | #32 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #480 of 626 ▼ 35 | #33 of 53 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #423 of 626 ▲ 49 | #33 of 53 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #339 of 713 | #32 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #195 of 601 | #18 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #112 of 604 | #14 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #249 of 619 | #26 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #161 of 221 | #13 of 21 |
Ranked against other public high 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
594
+87 (+17%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 594 | 46.5 | 12.8:1 | 89% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 49 | 11.5:1 | 93% (526) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 48 | 11.6:1 | 60% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 54 | 9.4:1 | 63% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 43.3 | 13.2:1 | 66% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 68% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 47 | 12.2:1 | 62% (354) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for City CHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (573 to 594); teachers up 7% (43.3 to 46.5).
About City CHS
City CHS is a high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reachable at (412) 690-2489. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 594 students.
City CHS operates as its own local education agency.
Federal enrollment data show City CHS is 60% Black. Other groups include 25% White, 11% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 13% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at City CHS, there are about 12.8 students; the school has 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 12.8:1. There are 526 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. Among public schools in Allegheny County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, City CHS outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, City CHS would score about 39.6%. It scores 33.6%, 6.0 points below that figure.
Allegheny County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Allegheny County number 277, with about 141,392 students.
Urban Pathways 6-12 CS is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of City CHS, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, City CHS is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns City CHS the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. City CHS operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment increased by 17% across 4 years, from 507 in 2020-21 to 594 in 2024-25. The ratio was 9.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at City CHS. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- Urban Pathways 6-12 CS0.5 mi · 325
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- Passport Academy CS0.5 mi · 146
- Pittsburgh Whittier K-50.8 mi · 139
- Pittsburgh Allegheny K-50.9 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About City CHSHow large is City CHS?
City CHS enrolls approximately 594 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does City CHS serve?
City CHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at City CHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at City CHS is approximately 12.8:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at City CHS?
Student demographics at City CHS are roughly 25% White, 2% Hispanic, 60% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is City CHS public or private?
City CHS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by City CHS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.