City CHS

City CHS operates as a cozy secondary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, overseen by City CHS. Current enrollment sits at 594 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

City CHS is a school of City CHS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, City CHS logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 25% White, 11% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, City CHS has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, City CHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.6%; this one delivers 33.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household income runs about $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which City CHS is one.

Urban Pathways 6-12 CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, City CHS comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. City CHS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. City CHS's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 573 (now 594). The White share of enrollment decreased from 37% to 25% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the City CHS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.